Refelxion 2

Rich people are more likely to succesful learn a second language at school than poor people.

The poor suffer from dire deprivations of various kinds: lack of adequate food supplies, remunerative jobs, access to health care, safe homes, safe water and sanitation,and educational opportunities. ("World Happiness report" edited by John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs). These is part of the serious problem, that poor people have faced since ancient time, differences between clases are now and then one issue that we, as teacher, have to take into consideration. In my personal experience in VISE I have realized that this statement is unfortunately true for a lot of people. Teachers sometimes focus their attention and Im not saying that this is totaly wrong on students with problems, rather than in those that sometimes have the capacity to learn more, and these capacities are lost for ever. Maybe thay have to take risks and push more I am not sure yet, I dont have the enough experience to give a solution,but I think that if you want to motivate students to learn , you have to show them that if one can the rest can too, and in this way and of this form to be raising the level of the language that the teacher wants to be acquired gradually. If you go to a public school the reality there is that in seven grade of primary school students are working with vocabulary such as : train, car, motorcycle and most of them don't undesrtand what are they talking about, even though the class in 90 per cent in spanish. They haven't traveled in their entire life, but the goverment gives thenm a text under the name "English abroad" wich in my modest opinion, is a joke. There is a lack of coherence between the text and the context of the students , so they feel complete uncomfortable. The sutuation that these same students are " puente" these means that they have to go ( during the class) to have breakfast and then,they have lunch, this take in total app. 45 minutes not taking in consideration the time that they spend sitting , and keeping quiet and focus their attention on the class. Under these circumstances I wonder how we expect learning. Well, there is learning obviously , but in a very lower way. I m not saying that poor people can't be succesful in learning a second language , but the circumstances are completely different for each case. So, for all the things that I mentioned before I truly believe that today rich people is more succesful in learning a second language unless there are some exceptions.