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… and French) at Universidad La Gran Colombia and Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. I have taught in four public schools: one in Wakefield (England), where I worked a Spanish assistant for a year, and in three schools in … language or even the pedagogical knowledge to teach it: “Teacher education and the English language skills of teachers in public-sector institutions are inadequate” (Nunan, 2003, p. 606). Policy makers do not pay attention to the students’ reality … example, in Colombia, “the Colombian Ministry of Education declared that having native speakers of English as teachers in public education ‘will be vital to achieve President Santos’s target of making Colombia the most educated country in the …
… to making critical aspects of our society invisible, which, from this point of view, is largely rural. I attended public schools to complete my primary and high school studies in pre-neoliberal times. This kind of education allowed me to … is a reality that many people in the country must face. My pre and postgraduate university studies also took place in public schools. I received my undergraduate and master´s degrees in Colombia and my doctorate degree in the United States. I have developed my professional career mainly in public schools. This enor- mous privilege makes me very happy, as it has allowed me to be where I am today and to achieve …