Today in calss we spent some time talking and reflecting about the current role of the English language around the world. For decades, English has been a growing issue both in teaching and in everyday life. In general terms, it has been a symbol, representative of high social status, in countries where other languages are official.
Basically due to political and economic reasons, countries have implemented the teaching of English at schools, progressively starting at a lower level of their formal education programs. At the beginning of this, not yet a trend, the decision of teaching English was "just" a response to circumstances.
As time passed and circumstances become evidently not that temporary, governments and business people realized of the importance of coming up with longlasting and well structured English teaching programs.
This, and systematic research on the issue, is why nowadays we see such a variety of proposals for language teaching, as well as approaches and methods. However, according to the fast rythm in which things are changing with regards to global economy and polictics, English seems to have its fashion years moving along a downhill countdown.
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Yes, Alejandro, and yet English is and will be a skill required in our knowledge society, where other languages will also have a role to play.
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