Factors affecting public high school student´s english communication skills

Abstract

Abstract:The theme of the present research project is Factors Affecting Public High School Student´s English Communication Skills ; the main objective is to identify the factors that affect public high school students' proficiency in English oral communication. The participants were 30 students of the first grade of senior high school level and their English teacher. A mixed method was used with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The techniques used to collect the data were class observations, a survey and an interview. The data gathered from the observations and the surveys were compiled in two tables corresponding the two variables of this study: pedagogical and students` factors that influence on students` proficiency in oral communication skills. The data obtained from the teacher`s interview helped to support the findings of the observations and the surveys. In conclusion, the result show that there is a low level of proficiency of oral communication skills influenced by pedagogical factors such as methods, resources and motivation and the student s factors such as the anxiety to speak, lack of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation skills.