English in public primary schools in Colombia: Achievements and challenges brought about by national language education policies

• Main Authors: Doris Correa (Author), Adriana González (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Arizona State University, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In an effort to become more competitive in the global market, Colombia, as many other Latin American countries, has declared English the dominant foreign language to be taught in schools and universities across the country. To support this measure, in the last 16 years, the government, through its N...