Bilingualism in Colombia Higher Education

This theme review describes aspects related to bilingualism and its incidence in higher education. Specifically, the author shows a brief overview of what bilingualism means; what the National Bilingual Program started in 2004 and its evolution into Colombia, very well for 2015 entail in terms of th...

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Main Author: Martínez Rincón, Sandra Liliana
Format: Online
Language:eng
Published: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2017
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Online Access:https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/7547
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spelling oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-75472022-06-16T17:36:56Z Bilingualism in Colombia Higher Education Martínez Rincón, Sandra Liliana Bilingualism Colombian Higher Education National English Program This theme review describes aspects related to bilingualism and its incidence in higher education. Specifically, the author shows a brief overview of what bilingualism means; what the National Bilingual Program started in 2004 and its evolution into Colombia, very well for 2015 entail in terms of their impact on both teaching and learning; and the importance for the Ministry to modify certain aspects regarding bilingualism in education in our country.The paper also includes some studies and theories which support the author’s statements as well as the introduction of some current events at a private university in Sogamoso, Colombia, which are directly related to the matter of bilingualism. Finally, the author presents some conclusions from the present paper. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2017-11-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/7547 10.19053/2011835X.7547 Enletawa Journal; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2016): July - December Enletawa Journal; Vol. 9 Núm. 2 (2016): July - December 2463-1965 2011-835X eng https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/7547/6226 Copyright (c) 2017 ENLETAWA JOURNAL
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Bilingualism in Colombia Higher Education
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title_short Bilingualism in Colombia Higher Education
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Colombian Higher Education
National English Program
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Colombian Higher Education
National English Program
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