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Review and Analysis of the Colombian Foreign Language Bilingualism Policies and Plans

By sebasagudelo123
  • Period: 1540 to

    Colonialism and Independence Periods

    Latin was taugh to wealthy Spanish families, mainly Men.
  • Period: to

    Post Independence Period

    Many Language Policies were made but never implemented, for example it was proposed to teach in primary and secondary schools Spanish, Latin, Greek, French, English, and one indigenous language.

  • Spanish was mandatory

    The government determined that Spanish needed to be taught as an obligatory subject and used as a means of instruction in all schools of the country.

  • Expansion of mandatory Languages.

    English and French became mandatory and were both taught until 1993.

  • Law 115

    Schools were given the right to teache only one foreing Language, most of them chose English

  • National Plan of Bilingualism

    The new policy and plans have aimed to increase the competitiveness of Colombian citizens so that they can participate in international dynamics by speaking English

  • National Plan of Bilingualism

    Adoption of the Common European Framework of Reference.

  • Program for Strengthening the Development of Competences in Foreign Languages 2

    The PFDCLE gave continuity to the strategies proposed
    in the PNB and added others in order to strengthen the English instruction in the country.

  • Law of Bilingualism

    Law 1651 of 2013 gave a more relevant role to the acquisition of a foreign language in all levels of education in Colombia (elementary, secondary, high school, EDTDH, and higher education) prioritizing the teaching of English in the public educational institutions of the country without disregarding the wide variety of indigenous languages spoken in the national territory.

  • Bilingual Colombia

    Five months after the beginning of the implementation of the PNI the program was re-structured and it re-emerged with the name “Bilingual Colombia” (CB for its acronym in Spanish) in an attempt to recover the bilingualism conception that was excluded in the PNI, which was openly focused exclusively on English as its name indicated.

  • National Plan of English: Colombia Very Well!

    The objective of the PNI was that, by 2025, 50% of 11th
    graders achieve a B1 English level. The plan also aims at impacting the English education at the university level and in productive sector (workers).