English in Brazil
Hello!
I'm from Brazil and I'll tell you how our system about the second language works.
In Brazil, most of the time, we really don't care so much about a second language.
We know that it's an important thing but most of our schools don't take it so seriously.
Of course, we have second language classes (some schools the student can choose between Spanish or English classes and some schools there is only English classes) but most of the time it's not a good class at all.
For example, in my school, we only had English classes for one hour once a week. And for sure, that isn't enough. The class was very easy and we considered it as a relaxing class.
So, if you really wanna learn English you will have to go to an English Private School, where you only learn English. But that's not also a good thing because the school is very expensive, also the courses (most of them) take 5 years. That's a lot of time to learn a language, but, I believe they do it to get more money from you.
By the way, I would like to have an opportunity to have good English classes in school, I wouldn't need to go to English private schools and I wouldn't spend so much money.
PS: That is how works for me and for most of the people who I know.
Are you from Brazil? Let us know if the same happens in your region!
Could you correct me if I wrote something wrong? I'd appreciate it a lot!
Thanks for read it!
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English in Brazil
Hello!I'm from Brazil and I'll tell you how our system for learning a second language works. In Brazil, most of the time, we really don't care so much about a second language. We know that it's an important thing but most of our schools don't take it so seriously.
Of course, we have second language classes (In some schools the students can choose between Spanish or English classes and in some schools there are only English classes) but most of the time it's not a good class at all. For example, in my school, we only had English classes for one hour once a week. And for sure, that wasn't enough. The class was very easy and we considered it a relaxing class.
So, if you really want to learn English you will have to go to a private English school, where you only learn English. But that's also not a good thing because the schools are very expensive, also the courses (most of them) take 5 years. That's a lot of time to learn a language, but, I believe they do it to get more money from you.
By the way, I would like to have the opportunity to have good English classes in school, I wouldn't need to go to private English schools and I wouldn't spend so much money.
PS: That is how works for me and for most of the people who I know.
Are you from Brazil? Let us know if the same happens in your region!
Could you correct me if I wrote something wrong? I'd appreciate it a lot!
Thanks for reading it!
Hello Junior,
Unfortunately your experience seems to be mirrored around the world. Regular schools have to cater for a large number of students and often the teacher has to focus on the weaker students to make sure everyone gets a minimum grade.(or they lose their jobs!) Private language schools are there to make a profit, after all they are businesses. This means that they will often either try to fill the classes to the maximum number without worrying too much about levels or they will try to extend the courses.
The best solution if people can afford it is often to take private lessons, either face to face or online. This way the teacher is focused solely on you and your needs. If something is already known by the student, then the teacher can skip through it and spend time on the things the student needs.
Best wishes
Bob
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English in Brazil
Hello!I'm from Brazil and I'll tell you how our second language system works.
In Brazil, by and large, we really don't care so much about a second language.
We know that it's an important thing but most of our schools don't take it too seriously.
Of course, we have second language classes (in some schools the student can choose between Spanish or English classes and some in schools there are only English classes) but in most cases these are't good classes at all.
For example, in my school, we only had English classes for one hour once a week. And for sure, that isn't enough. The class was very easy and we considered it as a relaxing class.
So, if you really want to learn English you will have to go to an English Private School, where you only learn English. But that's not also a good thing either because the school is very expensive and the courses (most of them) take 5 years. That's a lot of time to learn a language, but I believe they do it to get more money from you.
By the way, I would like to have an opportunity to have good English classes in school so that I wouldn't need to go to English private schools and therefore wouldn't spend so much money.
PS: That is how it works for me and for most of the people who I know.
Are you from Brazil? Let us know if the same happens in your region!
Could you correct me if I wrote something wrong? I'd appreciate it a lot!
Thanks for reading it!
Same in Argentina, although there are more and more pay Schools which are billingual or almost, and cost a fortune! Public education is terrible, unfortunatelly.
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I'm from Santa Catarina (south of Brazil). I think it's similar here, but lately people are looking for English.
Nowadays it is easier to learn English because we have many ways to learn like youtube and italki.
Lately it depends on each person learning English.
A few years ago it was according to with financial conditions.
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