Educate in another language? Reflections on English learning in primary school Cover Image

¿Educar en otro idioma? Reflexiones sobre el aprendizaje del inglés en primaria
Educate in another language? Reflections on English learning in primary school

Author(s): Diego Amado De León Olivares
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Primary education; English learning; sociocultural theory; language ecology; Mexico;

Summary/Abstract: The following article questions the meaning that it makes today to educate in another language, especially, English learning. It analyses the criteria that guide this educational initiative from a sociocultural and ecological perspective of language, and critically exposes the implications of a bilingual curriculum in an unequal, diverse and non-English-speaking country such as Mexico. The findings include some alternatives to promote English learning in primary school.

  • Issue Year: 2/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 209-220
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Spanish
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