Las vicisitudes de la enseñanza de lenguas en Colombia

Abstract

Caught in the turmoil of our troubled educational system,foreign language teaching in Colombia struggles to find itsway into modernity despite extensive learning consumerism.Considered one of the linchpins of the country’s culturalhomologation in the international community, languageteaching discourse remains aloft in its technocratic bubbleeager to meet foreign standards. The present article seeks topresent an overview of our educational scenario from a socioculturalperspective, unveiling the political agenda behindlanguage teaching policies, taken over by a neoliberal ideologythat disregards the vexing truth: In Colombia, education is farfrom being considered an asset for people’s progress.