This research article reports on the results of a study which allows us to hear the voices of a group of students who speak of their experiences of communication for learning in Language and Mathematics classes.Fourteen focus groups,of a mixed nature,were studied, made up of students from three subsidized private schools, in Santiago, Chile, who were in the 5th year of basic education.This body of information was subjected to a dialogical analysis of the discourse.The results show that the students assign a strong importance to socio emotional aspects, alterity and an integral education when they characterize successful methods of learning.