COLOMBIAN EDUCATION

TASK 3 – ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

EDIER MARQUEZ TAMAYO

CODE: 18615352

GRUPO:
551035A_616

TUTOR:
JUAN CARLOS ACOSTA

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA

BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
PEREIRA
FEBRUARY 2020
 INTRODUCTION

It is indisputable that the language is a very valuable instrument. Since the times of
the conquest and colonization, it has supported the social and cultural
transformation of the peoples. Now, that we are immersed in the context called
globalization, it is necessary to analyze and answer trough of this essay the
question: How does learning foreign languages contribute to globalization? As the
European Council has influenced through its statements the importance that
should be attached to the teaching and study of foreign languages in the
community. Thus, from this perspective, the need to communicate in different
languages is evident for any educational system that seeks to address in depth the
social challenges posed by the phenomenon of globalization.
How does foreign language learning contribute to globalization?

As point of departure, it is necessary to know what is the globalization.

Globalization is the word used to describe the growing interdependence of the
world’s economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade
in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and
information (Economics, 2019). This process has effects on the environment, on
culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on
human physical well-being in societies around the world (institute, 2016). Now, let's
look for the impact of globalization on education. Within the context of
globalization, education is regarded now as an international commodity, playing a
remarkable mission in the global economy with investment in people, skills and
knowledge. This leads us to say that education policy is not any more solely a
national affair, but a global once in which nation-states are not any more closed to
themselves. Indeed, education policy is internationalized due to the dominance of
the global economy over the national politics (Al’Abri, 2011).

After knowing a broad concept of the globalization, it can begin to analyze how it
influences languages. Languages are considered an essential means to develop
the capacity for communication between cultures, so the spread of the English
language facilitates the uniformity of the world. The Council of Europe (Gvelesiani,
2011) says it with the following principles:

Language learning is for all: a need and a right of every citizen and not the
privilege of any particular intellectual, social or political elite.

Language learning is for life: the primary goal of language learning is the
acquisition of knowledge and skills necessary for communication in real-life
situations. It is also for life-long learning as learners avail themselves of
opportunities that may present themselves.

Language teaching and learning are for the learner-based on the needs,
motivations, characteristics and resources of learners and therefore, characterized
by realistic and worthwhile objectives, appropriate materials and methods and
suitable forms of assessment” [Sheils J, 1996].

Meanwhile, the National Ministry of education with your National Bilingual Program
attempts to homogenize foreign language teaching and learning at all levels; exerts
tighter control over the whole system; and gradually redesigns language programs
based on certification and recertification of students, teachers and language
schools, therefore, it is necessary to look at globalization and its multidimensional
facets and explore the implications of this economic, political, and cultural process.
It needs to study local reform within the context of a global move toward the
transformation of societies and schools. In other words, it needs to look at the
relation between globalization, education, and languages.

To conclude, the weight of globalization, and especially English as a labor

requirement, is very strong in the Colombian case, and the current importance of
this fact and the benefits that fall on Colombians in knowing English is highlighted,
which refers to motivation instrumental that urges them to comply with the current
social requirement.
 CONCLUSION

Globalization implies transformations in the political, economic, social, cultural,

philosophical and pedagogical fields. As a result of this, language learning
becomes a universal necessity, or rather, it becomes an obligation, if what we want
is to participate in the businesses that revolve around us. Therefore, learning
foreign languages contributes to globalization, as this becomes a fundamental tool
for establishing relations with the different hemispheres in any professional field.
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