The techniques used in the english language teaching and their incidence on the reading and speaking skills with the students of the two years (basic science, accountancy) of the high school curriculum. Afternoon section at Pio Jaramillo Alvarado high - school, Loja city. Academic year 2008-2009

Abstract

The present researching work is focused on: “THE TECHNIQUES USED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND THEIR INCIDENCE ON THE READING AND SPEAKING SKILLS WITH THE STUDENTS OF THE TWO YEARS (BASIC SCIENCES, ACCOUNTANCY) OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. AFTERNOON SECTION AT PIO JARAMILLO ALVARADO HIGH - SCHOOL, LOJA CITY. ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009”.

To get the needed information, we used the following techniques; surveys and interviews which were applied to students and teachers respectively. During the work we used the following methods: the inductive – deductive, analytic -synthetic and the descriptive.

Among the main results of our research work we found: that 92 % of students are bad speakers, 68% of them dislike practicing speaking,66% of students dislike reading, 75% of teachers encourage students to speak, 100% of them encourage students to read. We can conclude that teachers at “Pio Jaramillo Alvarado” do not apply suitable techniques in the teaching – learning process of the English Language to help students develop the reading and speaking skills.