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- Title
Unanswered Questions in Colombia's Foreign Language Education Policy.
- Authors
Bonilla Carvajal, Camilo Andrés; Tejada-Sánchez, Isabel
- Abstract
Following the trend of much of the Western, non-English speaking world, Colombia has tirelessly strived for spreading English education in an effort to augment economic benefits. This paper aims at providing a critical account of foreign language education policy in Colombia, with special attention to English. It outlines the impact of its multiple transitions over the past decades through a historical description that overviews all previous policies, the critical reception by scholars, and present-day initiatives. We then move on to analysing the choice of English as a synonym for bilingualism and conclude with emerging questions that are to be considered for future debates and reassessments of Colombia's English-Spanish bilingual education policy.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; FOREIGN language education methodology; EDUCATION policy; EDUCATION; ENGLISH as a foreign language; BILINGUAL education; COMMON European Framework of Reference for Languages (Project)
- Publication
Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2016, Vol 18, Issue 1, p185
- ISSN
1657-0790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15446/profile.v18n1.51996