Hi, Harry!
Nice of you to give me such good advice but the problem is that they don't like studying... they reject everything that involves some kind of effort... and even English that is very easy, interesting and also very important they despise!! Of course we tell and show them how important the English language is nowadays (and they know it...) but as it involves learning, studying... they say they don't like it! Even with songs, magazines, the internet... it's very difficult to make them like English.
I think the problem of our educational system is that students are used to pass the year and progress at school without studying at all, without much effort... and I think that learning is good, important but it also involves some mental efforts... And while students don't see schools as a place of learning and not only playing, they can't understand the importance of that!
What's your opinion?