A Model. To analyze the characteristics of the students General characteristics The students of the Eight Grade enter for the first time in contact with another culture. Most are 14 or 15 years. Because it is a special subject, the students of this class usually have not a good motivation. Most waits, through knowing the North American culture, to increase their interest in English's study. It is a class of numerous students, 87 to be precise. Elemental Capacities Most of the students have studied the history and foreign geography in the school, but they know little about USA and North America. Also, they have a very limited knowledge in other fields. They have just begun their learning of English. They lack it the capacity to read in English.
