Foreign Language Learning and Low Socio-Economic Status

Abstract

Foreign language learning is often the key educational objective for non-English speakers in deprived background. The command of a foreign language represents aims, possibilities and a way-out. Moreover, the term of language aptitude has always been an extremely important value to predict how fast and effectively language learners can acquire foreign languages. However, the negative meta-linguistical prognosis (I have bad ears for/bad sense of the language) easily creates a ground for self-misconception for learners, which can lead to prolonged failures in language learning as well as a learner’s attitude, which will always put the blame on the difficulties or the impossibility of acquiring a foreign language. There have been countless studies on the education of pupils from disadvantaged background, however papers and research analysing foreign language learning among these pupils are scarce. In this article we hope to shed light upon current research findings, developments focusing on pupils from deprived background. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]