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Tracing the Evolution of English Language Teaching (ELT) in the Dominican Republic

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  • 1916-1924

    1916-1924

    English is learned by exposition due firs North American intervention.
  • 1955

    1955

    English is learned in grammatical, rigid, and memorize way. Here the first modern institutions of the Caribbean emerge.

  • 1961-1970

    English is established formally as an obligatory subject in the Educative Curriculum: first in secondary level and then in 7th and 8th grades
  • 2005

    2005

    The “English Immersion Program for Competitiveness” was launched, this program looks for closing social gaps.
  • 2012-2016

    2012-2016

    Alignment of the Curriculum with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (MCER)

  • 2021

    English is established since Initial Level. Departmental Order No. 11-2021
  • 2022-actual

    2022-actual

    Program “English for a better Life” is launched. Technology arrives at public schools to help teaching-learning Educational System.