How does foreign language learning contribute to globalization?

Introduction

Language learning is required to investigate and gain knowledge of the outside world with the development of communication skills. At the educational level Colombia has a formative vision of great impact that allows access to knowledge with greater proportions in the process of acquiring a second language. Colombia is a country that wants to advance its educational and linguistic policies for the benefit of all who wish to be bilingual, taking into account the social, political and cultural aspects of the context and to have intercultural, professional and personal opportunities that contribute to globalization.

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 This has become a fundamental need for the development of peoples. In my personal experience I can say that, in order to carry out higher studies in person, there were economic difficulties, family support and personal motivation moving away from my personal project, but the opportunity came to my life to study virtually thanks to technological advances and The growing need for teaching English in the community where I live and today is a source of constant income and learning.

The national government has exposed several educational reforms called "Educational Revolution" 2002-2010 and the "National Plan of Bilingualism" which aims to strengthen and improve communication skills as a fundamental tool for mastery of a foreign language and be competitive.

The general law of February 8, 1994 gave powers to the administrative and teachers in the redesign of the curricula following curricular standards proposed by the Ministry of National Education. “Their professional discretion has been hindered by their problematic working conditions, lack of time, and enforcement of national standardized tests” (Agudelo Valderrama, 2006).

The Common European Framework of Reference is a standard that seeks to regulate the system to measure the level of comprehension, oral and written expression in a language.

The learning and teaching of English has been implemented as a compulsory area from the first levels of schooling in public and private institutions in search of national homogenization and obtain success. It is worth highlighting the control of the British council that leads the implementation and development of learning plans. As Quintero Polo (2007) say that: " The national government discharged the whole responsibility of the adoption of this reform on these foreign representatives, and how leaders of Colombian universities were called to participate, but their voices were silenced and substituted by European views of language, teaching, and learning."

In globalization, the phenomenon of migrations that have to do with the movement of people from one place to another has been presented, allowing the ideological diffusion and the integration process through goods, capital, work and ideas. Globalization is related to the educational system from the economic, political and cultural; The first has to do with the international market in different aspects. The second refers to the power relations exercised by international and local actors where they lead economic models and educational transformations and the third is communications through technological means that have influenced the reinterpretation of global actors. Finally, globalization as an increased coordination or interdependence at a world scale describes “the process where by

countries become more integrated via movements of goods, capital, labor, and ideas” (Bloom 2004, p.59), a process in which technologies and Languages have played a central role (Watson, 2004).

Conclusion

English is a universal language that gives us many opportunities in cultural, labor, and educational interaction. Every day new strategies are used that fight inequality and poverty contributing to the improvement of the quality of life, but this is a challenge, which needs large investments by the government if it wants to position “bilingualism” not only in a city for economic interests but the expansion throughout the Colombian territory for different purposes.

It is very important to obtain the knowledge of a second language from the family environment with the motivation of the own enrichment for the future influence of the social transformation.

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Bibliographic References

Usma, J. (2009). Globalization and Language and Education Reform in Colombia: A Critical Outlook. Íkala, Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 14(22), 19-42. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES: LEARNING, TEACHING, ASSESSMENT [PDF]. (n.d.). Strasbourg: Language Policy Division, Council of Europe. ISBN: HB 0521803136 - PB 0521005310 pp. 1-24.