Language Education in Multilingual Colombia

Norbella Miranda is Assistant Professor in the School of Language Sciences at Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. She holds a PhD in Educational Sciences from Universidad del Quindiìo, Armenia, Colombia. Her research and publications focus on educational language policies, bi/multilingualism and curriculum development for language education. She is a member of the EILA research group (Equipo de Investigación en Lingüística Aplicada) of Universidad del Valle. Her publications include: Appropriation of Colombian ELT policy in a targeted school: The creation of an "elite" yet still needy school in the public education system (book chapter, Routledge, 2021). Anne-Marie de Mejía is Professor in the area of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education at the School of Education at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá. She holds a Ph.D in Linguistics from Lancaster University, U.K. Her research interests include teacher empowerment, interculturality, language and education policy, and bilingual teacher development. Silvia Valencia Giraldo is Professor in the area of Sociolinguistics and Bilingualism in the School of Education at Universidad del Quindiìo, Armenia, Colombia. She received her Ph.D from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK., in the area of bilingualism. Her research interests include bilingual classroom interaction, language policy, and literacy.

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Critical perspectives on language education in multilingual Colombia: An introduction ANNE-MARIE DE MEJÍA, SILVIA VALENCIA GIRALDO AND NORBELLA MIRANDA






Multilingual Colombia: Dimensions of linguistic and cultural diversity
SILVIA VALENCIA GIRALDO, NORBELLA MIRANDA AND ANNE-MARIE DE MEJÍA

SECTION I

Creole and Indigenous Languages in Colombia

Decolonizing multilingual practices: Lessons from Colombia

MARIO E. LÓPEZ-GOPAR




Preserving the Creole language of the Caribbean archipelago of San Andrés and Providence: An ecolinguistic approach to multilingualism in Colombia
RAQUEL SANMIGUEL ARDILA




Between chants, games and elders (Andi Kanto, jarocheria ku tata ri mae mi). Local strategies for the strengthening of the Palenquero language among young people in San Basilio de Palenque (Bolívar-Colombia)
LUIS RICARDO NAVARRO DÍAZ, SEBASTIÁN SALGADO REYES AND RODOLFO PALOMINO CASSIANI




Colombia on the path of linguistic revitalization. Some thoughts from Cauca
LILIA TRIVIÑO GARZÓN AND TULIO ROJAS CURIEUX



SECTION II

Language education policy: Discourses, ideologies and local practices

Marginalizing discourses and teacher resilience in Colombian language policy and education

DAVID CASSELS JOHNSON




English in education policy in Colombia: Two decades of policy discourse and appropriation
NORBELLA MIRANDA AND SILVIA VALENCIA GIRALDO




English language teaching in rural Colombia amidst the armed conflict: A case study of teacher positioning vis-à-vis policy, practice and the profession
FERNEY CRUZ ARCILA




Late capitalism and the commodification of English in Colombia: The shaping of language education policy and practice
YECID ORTEGA




Colombian teachers of English as agents in the implementation of English language policies in a multilingual country: Villains or heroes?
ADRIANA GONZÁLEZ



SECTION III

Interculturality and pedagogy

Interculturality in languages and cultures education

ANTHONY J. LIDDICOAT




Transemiotizing and re-sourcing resources in language education: Towards a multimodal social semiotic perspective on intercultural communication
JOSÉ ALDEMAR ÁLVAREZ VALENCIA




Building intercultural language education in Colombia: Insights from research with English language teachers
BEATRIZ PEÑA DIX




Focusing on dimensions of interculturality in the context of language teacher education: Insights from a case study in Colombia
ISABEL TEJADA-SÁNCHEZ AND ANNE MARIE DE MEJÍA





SECTION IV

Reimagining teacher education: Taking account of diversities and inequalities

Decolonizing and decentering language teacher education in Multilingual Colombia

JUDY SHARKEY




Nurturing language teacher education in Colombia from a multilingual perspective
FANNY HERNÁNDEZ GAVIRIA AND MARTHA BERDUGO-TORRES




Contesting the hegemony of English in a country declared to be multilingual: The outcome of research with English language teachers in an in-service program
CARMEN HELENA GUERRERO NIETO AND ÁLVARO QUINTERO-POLO




Crossing linguistic boundaries with community literacies: A collaborative, place-based ethnography in two urban localities in Bogotá
AMPARO CLAVIJO-OLARTE AND THERESA Y. AUSTIN




Views on writing and pedagogic practices: A systematic review of the research literature on bilingual (Spanish/English) teaching in Colombia

NEIRA LOAIZA VILLALBA AND CLAUDIA ORTIZ RUIZ

Afterword: Decolonizing Multilingual Colombia

NANCY H. HORNBERGER

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