Factors affecting EFL students oral communication skills

Abstract

Abstract: This research seeks to determine the pedagogical factors and individual factors that affect oral communication skills during the English language learning process. The population chosen for the sample belongs to students from five different educational establishments, five teachers from the English area, and forty first-year high school students. To which surveys and interviews were conducted through the use of web tools. To raise the procedure and data collection, a mixed methodology was implemented, that is, qualitative and quantitative methods. It was evidenced that the majority of teachers do not use adequate methodologies for the learning process, with the result that students do not acquire the necessary knowledge and they do not want to participate in class activities. In conclusion, the results indicate that motivation and anxiety are factors that most affect the development of oral communicative competence.