Factors Associated in EFL Learning Process Bachelor’s Degree in education at UNAPEC University, Dominican Republic

Abstract

Education in the Dominican Republic is regulated by the Ministry of Education, in accordance with the General Education Law 66-97, which guarantees the right of all the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic to education. In pre-university level curricular design, English is one of the nine subjects taught in public school, so that learning English from an early age (5th grade of primary school) is part of the purpose. of said design. Dominican schools, however, most public schools begin their first contact with the English language, students are approximately between 9 and 10 years old, which translates into a certain delay in coming into contact with this language. According to what was published on February 11, 2013 by the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic entitled: «Identification of advances in the scientific and literary disciplines associated with the area of Foreign Languages that must be taken into account for the revision and updating of the curriculum . », Final Product, it is proposed that learning foreign languages responds to a fundamental need in the training of the citizen of these times, since it develops the communicative competence of students so that they can understand and express themselves efficiently, orally and in writing, with members of other societies in different contexts. Likewise, respect and appreciation of one's own cultural identity and that of other societies, as well as plurality, both in the local and global environment, is encouraged. Likewise, learning a foreign language contributes to the personal development of students because: It facilitates the search and processing of information and a more efficient use of Information and Communication Technologies. -It expands the cultural universe of the individual, by enabling greater exchanges of artistic, scientific, historical and technological productions that humanity has been building. It facilitates access to more and better opportunities in the educational, labor and professional areas. -Favors the development of linguistic and met linguistic awareness, concept formation, logical reasoning, creativity, and skills. All these reasons create the perfect environment so that the development of language skills is of vital importance not only for students, but for all Dominican citizens.