Teaching methods used in private high schools of Loja city and their efficacy.

Abstract

This research work about "Teaching methods used in private high schools of Loja city and their efficacy" has the purpose of discovering the methods that are mostly used for teaching English in private schools in Loja city and its effectiveness. To achieve that purpose, sixteen teachers and their students were selected from private high schools. The methods used in this research were quantitative and qualitative. The main instruments used to collect the necessary data were questionnaires and observations sheets. Questionnaires collected data about the methods, roles and activities that teachers use in their classes as well as information to know the efficacy of methods. Observation sheets were used to verify the information provided by teachers. The results of this research showed that the most used methods in private high schools of Loja are the Communicative Language Teaching, Direct Method, Multiple Intelligence and Cooperative Language Learning.