Abstract

BASTIDAS-A., Jesús Alirio  and  MUNOZ-IBARRA, Gaby. Factors Influencing English Language Learning of High School Students in Pasto, Colombia. Folios [online]. 2020, n.51, pp.163-181.  Epub July 07, 2020. ISSN 0123-4870.  https://doi.org/10.17227/folios.51-8676.

The review of the literature related to Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning has shown several factors that promote their learning process, both in natural and academic contexts. In order to advance the area of factors affecting second or foreign language learning, the researchers have conducted a study based on an empirical-analytical paradigm and a descriptive method, whose general objective was "to analyze the internal and external factors which might have a major influence on the level of English as a foreign language learning (EFLL), according to the perceptions of students and teachers of secondary school in Pasto". The data was gathered through two questionnaires applied on 113 students who have just graduated from high school and 25 teachers. The results indicated that both external and internal factors impact positively to EFLL, according to the students' and teachers' perceptions. However, the most relevant external factors are related, on the one hand, to 1) the learning environment in the classroom, 2) the institutional curriculum, 3) the teachers' professional preparation, 4) the role of the local community, and 5) the role of national educational policies. On the other hand, while the teachers stood out the cognitive and affective internal factors, the students highlighted the cognitive and linguistic factors.

Keywords : foreign language learning; social context; cognition-emotion; English as a foreign language; secondary education.

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