Factors affecting EFL student's oral communication skills

Abstract

Abstract:Thisresearch study Factors affectingEFL students oral communicationskills was aimed atidentifyingpedagogical factors andindividual factors that affect the proficiency of EFL studentsintheir oral communication skills.This research was carried out in the city of Guayaquilin Ecuador. The population sample to take part of the analysis in this study wasfive English teachers and fivestudents in an Ecuadorian public high school. This study used a mixed method to collectqualitative and quantitativedata. The instruments applied in the research were: a teacher s survey, a student s survey, a teacher s interview, and class observation sheets. Two four-pointed Likert-scale tables were used to present the data collected from the instruments mentioned.The analysis of the data was supported on the data and comments collectedfrom the populationsample. The resultsshowed that themethods,theactivities applied and the lack of using English in class affected students language practice and increased learners anxiety to speak English. Also, the lack of feedback affectedstudents improvement inlinguistic factors that are related to students oral communicationskills.