Screenplay

Director- Jesus Barajas Montenegro

Characters

Aberto- Aldair centeno Arellano

Isabel- Glenda Sanchez Morales














Robert- Luis Enrique "Henry" covarubias Roldan

 Teacher Perales- Daniel Emmanuel Gonzalez Alvarado

 Fulgencio- Julio Cesar Hernandez Valerio

Psychologist Lewandouski- Anhuar Flores Nevarez 

Director Perez- Nelson Perez





Intro

-Alberto: my name Alberto I am 20 years old. My family and I are from Mexico. We moved here 2 years ago. Now I'm in high school and I have a little problem... I DON'T SPEAK VERY WELL. Is the first day of high school and my classes are about to begin and I feel totally lost...

Scene 1: at the schools enter; Alberto is walking a little bit lost.

Scene 2: at the classroom, the teacher is explaining the class

- Teacher: good morning guys (wait a moment if they answer me)

Ok guys now I am going to explain today's lesson, but first I want to announce that we have a new classmate.

* (Alberto gets into the classroom with an insecure expression on his face).

- Teacher: guys, he is Alberto and he comes from Mexico, take sit please.

I’m going to name list, so tell me who didn’t bring the homework to low your grade.

(Ask some people of the public, (nelson, anhuar, etc.))

* (Alberto sits between Robert and Isabel while the teacher is explaining a Biology lesson)

- Robert: hi, welcome! My name is Robert would you like to take lunch with my friend and me?

- Alberto: (smiles) Uhu

- Teacher: hey you two at the bottom please be quiet! Can you repeat what I just said?

- Alberto: (asks to Roberto with scary face) ¿que dijo?

-Robert: answer him

-Alberto: pero no le entiendí

-Teacher: what do you mean you didn't understand what I said, so what are you doing here if you don't even understand the teachers?

* (everybody laughs at him)

*Alberto doesn’t say anything he just stays with a poker face then the bell rings... Alberto Robert and Isabel stay the classroom

- Isabel: are you ok?                                                                         

- Alberto: amm yes... I can't speak really good

- Robert: you mean you've never learned the language? Do you speak English?

- Alberto: yes but not much

- Isabel: don't worry we are going to help you here in school with your classes

* Alberto smiles

2 weeks later Alberto hears about an English course that the school is offering so he decide to try it

Scene 3: at the classroom, is the first day of the English course, Alberto is really exciting for learning. Isabel decides to go with him to the course to make liberty feel more secure and comfortable, when the teacher get in to the classroom… immediately lights turn off and the puppet.

(The teacher gets into the classroom)

-Puppet: Look, is Mr. Perales you can´t handle him and learn nothing. You´ll fail

-Teacher: ok students we are going to start the class learning the colors! Now repeat after me: red! (show material or flashcards so, they have to name the color)

-All the students: reeeeed

-Teacher: green!

-All the students: greeeeen

-Teacher: you're very smart guys now I'm going to write the rest on the board please copy them

- All the students: yeeeeeees

(Alberto and Isabel have confused expressions)

- Teacher: have you finished guys?

-All the students: yeeeeees

-Teacher: very good now, Alberto!  Come to the front and repeat the 7 colors

-Alberto: (denies with a head movement)

-Teacher: (comes to Alberto and ask him again, he denies,) come on Alberto tell us, are you stupid or something?

-Alberto: (he begins to have an anxiety attack and leaves the classroom running)

-Isabel: (follows him) Alberto! What happened?

- Alberto: The teacher no, no, don´t….. (Babbling)

- Isabel: Ok breathe try to calm down. Let’s go.

- Alberto:

1 week later...

Scene 4: at the street Alberto, Robert and Isabel are walking and discussing about Alberto's problem.

-Robert: and now what are you going to do? You can't stay stuck like this, why don’t you try going to see a psychologist?

-Alberto: me don't know, that’s for crazy people. I'm really desper.. Desper..Eso!

-Isabel: desperate

-Alberto: des-pe-rate... I would do anything to learn.. ANYTHING!

-Narrator: when he says anything they are passing in front of a mysterious __________ store, Robert stops looking at something and other continue walking, then they notice that Robert is stay behind and come back for him..

-Isabel: what are you looking at?

Scene 5: Alberto and his friends get into the store… they go to a kind of Igloo she was Native American so in that place there was a lot of totems, mask and some other stuff.

-Robert: this is cool!

-Isabel:

-Alberto:

(Suddenly there’s a voice that says ¨Welcome to the destiny¨)

(The 3 guys go closer and they see_______, he was an old man and a little crazy)

-Isabel: Hi we are here because… (The aunt interrupts Isabel)

-Fulgencio: Shut up creatures! We are here to prepare the destiny of this young man with the name of… with the name of….?

-Alberto: Oh right, I’m Alberto…

-Fulgencio: Hi Alberto I’m Fulgencio. (She says that in a very formal way)

(Robert and Isabel put faces of ‘’what the hell’’)

(After a few time doing some weird things Mary puts a mask of a fox in Alberto’s face saying that the fox is his interior animal)

-Fulgencio: Gods of water please send this young man into the right way to reach the mountain!

(She starts to dance around the Igloo and makes Alberto dance too)

(Roberto and Isabel can’t stop laughing)

-Fulgencio: Hama! Hama! Hanna Montanna (x2) Hua! Hua! Repeat with me Alberto!

-Alberto: Hama! Hama! Hanna Montanna (x2) Hua! Hua!

-Fulgencio: hoyo hoyo! Haya haya! Hauha! Hahua! Hiiiiiiiiiii! Aaaah! 

(Alberto says the same and she suddenly stop)

-Alberto: that is all? I don’t feel different.

-Fulgencio: Shut! Watch the fire!

(Alberto falls down because Mary hits him with a frying pan)…

 -Alberto: about to cry says: I can’t this anymore, I’m tired of bullying me.

-Fulgencio: well I got some dvds fool, for sale, cheap for you because you are special.

-Alberto: walks out saying: you are a thief!

-Fulgencio: come on fool, 3 x 50 *walks after him*

Scene 6: Alberto decides to go to the school´s psychologist Dr. Lewandowski and once there…

-Alberto: dudes I think I should go the psychologist

-Robert: yes, you should and I know a great psychologist…….

-Isabel: Forget about it, why don´t you just go to our school´s psychologist?

-Alberto: tha.. tha thank you friends and yes I´ll go he.

-Psychologist: so tell me Alberto, what´s the matter?

-Alberto: It just I can´t speak English.

-Psychologist: you can´t or you don´t know?

-Alberto: I can´t. I always tried to learn it and I like English but I never can´t learn it but I don´t know why. The bad is now we changed to the US I enter to school to not to lose the year.

-Psychologist: I think I know what´s the matter with you but just to be sure, are you willing to try the hypnotism?

-Alberto: in this point, I try everything…

-Psychologist: great, I want you to stare to this clock and start remembering when you lived in México…your house, your friends and your school…now please focus on your English class. When I snap my fingers you´ll star telling me all about your classes and what´s the reason why you couldn´t learn it.

(PUPPETS AND TAPE´S SCENE)

The psychologist takes notes about everything.

-Psychologist: ok I got it…since he is like that I should probably make him act like… nah! Poor boy he has been too bullied. When I count to three you´ll wake up, 1…2…3!

-Alberto: What happened?

-Psychologist: You were perfect Alberto and I have it all written. The problem here was when you were in your English classes, you were not very good and your classmates were cruel with you. I could be thought with this big change in your life things could be different and better but you met a teacher, who is not patient, who is not trained and less updated; thus is not possible for you to learn.

-Alberto: so what can happen?

-Psychologist: I´ll contact the Principal and we´ll decide what to do.

-Alberto: ok, thank you!

-Psychologist: you are welcome.

TEACHER PERALES AND PRINCIPAL SCENE

-Teacher: ….that´s all for today, don´t forget to do your homework see you tomorrow.

-Principal: Good morning Mr. Perales.

-Teacher: Good morning Principal

-Principal: I been notified about a little problem with Alberto, our Mexican student.

-Teacher: How nice that you mention it, indeed, looks like our Alberto just can´t learn English and trust me I´ve tried everything I know to teach him. Maybe it´s better if we send him to “Special Education”.

-Principal: I believe the one who needs special education is you Mr. Perales! Dr. Lewandowski has notified me about Alberto´s problem besides that, a student gave me evidence where clearly I could saw your “attempts” to teach him. That´s not the kind of education we provide in this institution and of course that´s not the way we treat our students, therefore I had to make the decision to dismiss you.

IN THE END EVERYTHING TURNED OUT WELL. I HAD A NEW TEACHER WHO WAS REALLY GOOD AT TEACHING. I LEARNT A LOT A REALLY FAST. I COULD ENTER TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATE AS BACHELOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING. I CAME BACK TO MÉXICO AS SOON AS I COULD AND NOW I WORK DOING RESEARCH ABOUT THE WHOLE FACTORS THAT INFLUENT LANGUAGE LEARNING…EVEN WHEN I HAD A REALLY BAD TIME WITH MR. PERALES, HE ACTUALLY TACH ME SOMETHING THAT….