Factors affecting student´s English communication skills

Abstract

Abstract:The study Factors affecting student´s English communication skills was conducted with the aim to investigate pedagogical and students factors that affect their oral communication proficiency. The participants in the study were five EFL teachers and 30 EFL students from the high school level, from Cuenca, Ecuador. The method used was mixed with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The techniques used to gather the data based on observation, survey, and interview. The observations were applied to five EFL teachers classes, the survey was applied to 30 students and the interview was applied to five teachers, one for each teacher of the classes observed. The information gathered through the class observations and surveys were displayed in two different Likert Scale tables, each one with four points of measuring results, giving answers to each one of the two research questions. The results of the interview supported the finding for the other instruments. Results show that planning, methods, activities, strategies, evaluation, class monitoring, feedback, and language practice influence on students oral proficiency, as well as students factors such as motivation, anxiety, and teachers ways to teach.