Unidad Language

LANGUAGE DIVERSITY ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL CLASS AT UNIDAD EDUCATIVA CUSUBAMBA.

Language around the world is considered the most important tool people use to communicate among others. Not only for communicating but also for business, education, politics and so on. There is a specific language or more than two languages in some cases which are shared by a group of people in order to interact between them. However, language is not the same in all places and for all of people as well. There are about 7.000 languages which are spoken by human beings all around the world. So, language differs according to the geographical situation, age, gender, social class, and setting style. In this sense, students at Unidad Educativa Cusubamba have serious difficulties

In these places families live very far away one from another. Therefore, they do not have enough opportunities to socially interact with people from the cities. So, noncomplex, formal or academic language is required. As a result of this, children, teenagers and even adult people maintain a very low language level, just the necessary to communicate with their relatives. For that reason, when students are exposed to a different group of people who have a higher language level, they do not always understand what people exactly want to say or express. It is mainly due to the fact that the literacy implied in their daily interaction is very poor. “Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively and make sense of the world. Lacking vital literacy skills hold a person back at every stage of their life. As a child they won't be able to succeed at school, as a young adult they will be locked out of the job market, and as a parent they won't be able to support their own child's learning. This intergenerational cycle makes social mobility and a fairer society more difficult.” (Hactar)

It is mainly because the majority of the adult people from Cusubamba have not any more formal education than the primary school. Due to the lack of money, most of them had to leave the school in order to find a job and help with their family’s economy. In other cases, especially women could not continue studying in the high school because they had to help with the chores at home or maybe to take care of their little siblings while their parents are working. It is well known that in the school it is used only very basic vocabulary just in order to communicate and do the school activities. As a consequence of this, people at homes do not possess the knowledge necessary to help their children to improve their vocabulary and language. Students have to put all of their effort in order to learn by themselves since they do not have their parents