Colombian education

Bilingualism, multilingualism and monolingualism

Colombian education

The language in Colombia, is usually the bilingualism English-Spanish, but In Colombia is important and considerable make equitable linguistic policies, which include all the languages and cultures represented in the country.

Introduction of the topic

- Provide information about of the linguistic culture in Colombia - recognition of linguistic and cultural diversity in our world - Need to know the languages of indigenous Colombian populations as part of cultural recognition - Notion of identities mainly in relation to national identities - It evidence that biculturalism is perceived as a threat to cultural identity by some people.

Analisis of the reading

Bilingualism: the bilingualism means acquire the L1 and L2 language, is the ability of a person to use perfectly two languages in any situation and context, he/she might communicate each other. Multilingualism: it’s the fact, which one human community use most than one language. Monolingualism: Monolingualism is a sociolinguistic, psychological and cognitive fact associated with knowing how to speak a single language.

Definitions and distintions

- some schools prepare the student for encounters with other nations and cultures so that they will be open to the world in a spirit of international understanding, while other schools, for its part, offers a bilingual and a bicultural education “which strengthens the values and traditions of the students.- Sometimes people worry about the possibility of losing their identity when they come into contact with a new cultural system.- For many years in Colombia, there has been little real concern about the implications of contact with other cultures. Teachers and parents whose children go to bilingual schools have tended to assume that a vision of cultural enrichment will result effortlessly from the contact with other languages and cultures.- teachers need to be sensitive to the cultural implications of what they are teaching.

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Conclusion

It is important know about the plurilingualism in Colombia, normally the citizen know the bilingualism be like Spanish- English; but should consider the huge amount of languages around in Colombia, evidently languages ethnics; do not leaving behind the Colombia identity, just like that, as some authors lead, apply the equitable language polices.