My students' Challenges when Learning Academic Skills

1. Linguistic

1.1. Students do not have opportunities to practice.

1.2. We learn English too late.

1.3. L1 interference

2. Family

2.1. Family do not speak other language.

2.2. Poor Formal Education

2.3. Spanish only family

3. Affective Emotional

3.1. Shy, do not want to talk

3.2. Tolerance and Patienence

3.3. Lack of effort

4. Cultural

4.1. Spanish only communitiy

4.2. They do not have cultural awereness

4.3. Do not feel the necessity to know another language

5. School

5.1. Teachers are not well prepared

5.2. No fundings for materials

5.3. Not emphasis on learning a second language