This study explores and describes the parameters currently being used for designing english language teaching curriculum in private general basic education schools in an urban sector of the coast of ecuador. The participants in this study were the english department coordinators or directors of twenty-one schools. The questionnaire was given to participants after a short talk on its objective and structure. An important finding of this research was that there is no homogeneous concept of what a bilingual school is. The second finding was that teachers have a well-structured concept of curriculum, however no evidence of the curriculum document was provided, becoming a limitation in the study. Another finding was the weakness of teachers in theoretical knowledge in the elt area, which generates a need to design in service teacher training courses and the revision of study programs in teacher training schools. The major finding was that curriculu.