Assignment about Analysis on the Sociology

Running head: SOCIOLOGY
Sociology
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Alienation is a very important and crucial part of the education scenario in the modern
times. This has become a widely known problem all across the world between the native English
people and the English learners. Often times, English is not the first language of numerous
students apart from the native English speakers. The social gap is created because of these issues.
Most times this social gap is very problematic for these people indeed (Valenzuela & Rubio,
2018). The English Learners (ELs) are regarded as the students who pursue the English language
as their second language. This social gap should be addressed by the people and proper actions
should be taken in order to minimize this social gap properly. The English Learners face several
problems and these problems could be mitigated with the proper help of the native speakers.
Apart from that, this will also help in decreasing the alienation of the English learners within the
society.
The social alienation of the English Learners is a sign of danger for the progress of the society
and immediate steps must be taken in order to curb this issue predominantly.
Critics have expressed their concern over this matter as this has been increasing in many
developing countries. This is something to be noted by the educational institutions since the
teachers commit some activities through which this social gap is increased or English Learner
(ELs) is alienated from the entire society (García, Rubdy & Alsagoff, 2014). Therefore, this is a
very dangerous practice indeed. Some teachers have said that this issue should be handled
strictly since it creates a big impact on their psychology as well. Grouping among the students is
a very common notion across the countries. Students tend to form groups with other students
who fall in the similar category regarding cultural, socioeconomic and linguistic backgrounds
such as theirs. They generally stay in these groups since they are very comfortable with it
(Valenzuela & Rubio, 2018). The native speakers form a group between themselves and this kind

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of group also exists among the English Learner groups as well. However, the problem is the
social gap between these groups. The group of native speakers generally plays, eat and do their
homework together (García, Rubdy & Alsagoff, 2014). This is also the scene with the English
Learners (ELs) as well. Contrary things have also been noticed as well. The male groups of both
the native speaker group and EL group tend to play soccer in their recess times (Wingate, 2012).
However, the main issue that this seen here is the alienation of the EL groups in the
education. It should be kept in mind that teaching and learning are not at all something very easy
things for the students and teachers. It is definitely a very complicated process and many
problems have been seen in this discourse as well. Many cultural and psychological factors are
there in this process as well (García, Rubdy & Alsagoff, 2014). Many intricacies are there within
the process. The complications that are there in the scenario are mainly cognitive, behavioral and
affective issues. The teachers depend on the human behavioral patterns of teaching and many
intricate processes are there regarding the transmission of the information from the teachers to
the students (McDonough & McDonough, 2014). The personality types of the English learner
groups must be assessed properly in order to maintain the idea of the level of alienation among
these students.
Apart from their personality level, many other cognitive factors are inherent within this
scenario (Wingate, 2012). These are their emotional status, ethnic backgrounds, cultural
positions and other factors. Cultural factors are the main issues behind the alienation of these
English learner groups. It has been seen in many cases that the EL groups have been victims of
racism or other cultural insults in front of the native speakers. English is the mother language of
these native speakers and this is the most appropriate reason for them to be very proficient in
English, both in reading and writing. Critics have addressed this issue about the failure of the EL

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group students to adapt to the processes applied by the teachers. On the contrary, other critics
have spoken against this view as they think there are many strategies and concepts and learning
techniques that are applicable to the different students (McDonough & McDonough, 2014). So,
teachers should consider these learning techniques properly so they can create an overall
influence on these students. This will create a positive vibe among the English Learner group and
will in turn benefit the students to a larger degree (Gunderson, 2017).
On the other hand, it is upon the teachers on how they can make the things complicated
as well. It is because of the fact that the absence of proper strategies and techniques will not at all
benefit the students (Akbari, 2015). Rather, it will lead to the failure of the students and they will
feel alienated from the common group of the students. They will also feel bored, powerless,
isolated, victimized, harassed and very helpless. This is why the students will need to address
this issue in front of their peers and highlight the fact that they are feeling isolated from the
society (Wingate, 2012). This probably the only manner in which they can open up and ask for
certain recommendations in which they can give their best efforts indeed (Gunderson, 2017). The
self-image of the students must be kept in a very superior manner so they can achieve their
dreams despite of being an early learner. There are some ways through which this kind of
alienation can be controlled. Students belonging to the EL group should be motivated by their
peers so they do not feel they are not part of the entire learning process (Escamilla & Grassi,
2015).
The eminent scholars have opined that they should learn to take the risks of existing
along with the native speakers. Besides, the teachers should also be aware of the different
learning strategies and techniques. Proper interaction between the teachers and the EL group
students must take place so the teachers will be able to know about the personality types of these