Analysis of the influence of limited knowledge of vocabulary, and affective factors in the development of the speaking competence of EFL 7th graders at Santiago Mayor School of Guayaquil.

Description: This project was carried out because of the noticeable inefficient speaking competence of seventh graders at Unidad Educativa Particular Bilingüe Santiago Mayor. It was extremely important to determine what performance displays were not well developed and what were the factors that negatively influenced on the learners’ ability to communicate effectively. Two issues were studied as the ones that were affecting the speaking skills of the learners. They are: The influence of limited knowledge of vocabulary, and affective factors. Several sources as books and articles were consulted and relevant information was obtained to create the literature review of this project. A quantitative research was used to examine the research problem. The rubric to assess students’ speaking skills along with learners’ and parents’ surveys that helped determine what hinder seventh grader students’ speaking skills were used as instruments of evaluation for further analysis as well as for building the conclusion of this study. It was determined that the major aspects affecting their speaking competence are the limited knowledge of vocabulary and the influence of affective factors.

Topic: VOCABULARY
AFFECTIVE FACTORS
SPEAKING COMPETENCE
INSTRUMENTS OF EVALUATION
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH