Factors that influence the English language teaching- learning process in ESL classrooms

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that influence the English language teaching- learning process in ESL/EFL classrooms through students’ data collected from ESL teachers. This data is based on teachers’ and students’ questionnaires as well as on classroom observations, note taking and teachers’ interviews that were collected during the investigation. This research took place in NY where most of the participants were students between eleven to seventeen years old and ESL teachers and their classrooms; these participants attend middle school and high school. The town where the investigation took place counts with a 41.40% of Spanish speaking immigrants, most of the participants are from Ecuador. Based on the statistics of this investigation, where quantitative method was applied, this research had reached to the conclusion that factors such as number of students per class, classroom resources, students’ academic level, lesson plan, group-work activities, as well as the use of English language in ESL classrooms widely influences to the improvement of the quality in the acquisition of English as a second language