The Influence of EFL Policies on the Work of Teachers in a Public Primary School

ELT Local Research Agendas II

In this chapter, I discuss how my experiences as a student, teacher and coordinator led me to inquire into the way that ELT policies influence the work of teachers in public schools. This study focuses on a public primary school in the Ciudad Bolívar District (Bogotá, Colombia), where I work and discusses my attempts, as a primary school administrator, to adapt those policies to the primary section of my school and analyze the relation between education and bilingualism in my school. First, I describe my school and the surrounding community and speak of the standpoint on ELT of the students, teachers, parents, and administrators. Then, I give an account of the policies that made the English language a mandatory subject, and some of the ELT programs in Bogotá. At the end, I present the questions and the objectives of this study of ELT policies.

Datos
Titulo: 
The Influence of EFL Policies on the Work of Teachers in a Public Primary School
Autor(es): 
Mireya Esther Castañeda Usaquén
Titulo del Libro: 
ELT Local Research Agendas II
Pais: 
Colombia
Editorial: 
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
ISBN: 
978-958-787-289-7
Paginas: 
115-140
Año: 
2021