Factors affecting student´s english communication skills.

Abstract

Abstract: This research focused on the factors affecting student´s English communication in public Ecuadorian high schools is of common interest, mainly due to the fact that nowadays there are more learners who want to use English spontaneously to communicate. That is why teaching the speaking skill is important for EFL learners. Quality and quantity methods were applied to collect the data with instruments of investigation, such as questionnaires, interviews and class observation with the purpose to identify facts that affect public high school students proficiency in English oral communication. The study was conducted to five EFL teachers regarding to pedagogical aspects and forty senior high school students concerning to student s factors, in Sucumbíos Province, in the cities of Lago Agrio, Cascales and Lumbaqui. The main results of this study were that the teachers do not apply the correct methods, activities to develop English Language and they did not create strategies to create a friendly environment English language practice. Therefore, the students do not speak English well at the end of their high school in public high schools.