**3.2 Place of the research and informants**

The research was carried out with a section on the subject of English as a foreign language, in the career of Hospitality and Tourism, in the Faculty of Legal, Social and Educational Sciences of the UTB, Quevedo campus, during the second semester of the academic year, 2021–2022 (October, November, December, January). Fifty students confirmed the control and experimental groups from the eighth semester of the Hospitality and Tourism career. The learners were selected because they were finishing their studies in hospitality and tourism career. After all, it is one of the demanding subjects they need to acquire knowledge. Furthermore, of course, their willingness to collaborate with the researcher.
