Students' perceptions of the EFL class

This was the first step of an action research study to explore the nature of the issues that influence students’ perceptions of the learning process in the EFL classroom. It aimed at exploring the nature of the positive and/or negative factors that motivate or de - motiv ate students, as well as identify how they overcome or solve the negative situations they may encounter. It was carried out in four centers belonging to a high school that provides technological education in the state of Veracruz and in which English class es are taken as a foreign language..