Bilingual education in colombia

1. Bilingüismo y Bilingual
education

2. Bilingualism
Definition
Maximalist Minimalist Functional
The almost native
control of two
languages
Bloomfiel
d, 1935
To have
linguistic abilities
even in a
minimal way
Macnamara,
1969
To use 2 or more
languages in daily
life, over regular
bases
Grossjean, 1982
“Bilingualism as a countenance”
(Hornberger 1989)

3. Bilingualism
authors definition
Bloomfield (1933, p55-56)
Baker (2006, p6)
Diebold (1964)
Thiery (1978, p146)
Grosjean (1982, p232)
Control - Native
Incipient bilingualism
True bilingual

4. One language
bilingualism
One bigger
than
the other

5. Definitions based on levels of proficiency
(maximal and minimal)
-balanced bilinguals
-semilinguals
Coordinated – compound
Definitions based on use (functional)
-conversational fluency (BICS)
-academic language competence (CALP)
Definitions of
Bilingualism

6. Definitions of Bilingualism
proficiency use
semilingual
balanced
(maximal and minimal) (functional)
Basic Intercommunicative
Skills (BICS)
Cognitive Academic Language
Proficiency (CALP)
Communicative language teaching
(CLT)
Content-based or Content and Language Integrated
time
competence
time

7. Relación de competencia
comunicativa y uso de la
lengua
Suficiencia uso
semilingüe
balanceado
(maximalista and minimalista) (funcional)
Habilidades Interpersonales
Comunicativas Básicas (BICS en
inglés)
Suficiencia Lingüística
Cognitivamente Académica
(CALP en inglés)
Enseñanza comunicativa (CLT)
Aprendizaje Integrado de Lengua y Contenido (AICLE)
tiempo
competencia
tiempo

8. Monoglossic vs.
heteroglossic

9. 20th century geopolitics & bilingualism
Language groupsLanguage groups
territorializedterritorialized

10. Subtractive bilingualism
Language difference as a problem
L1 L2

11. Additive bilingualism
Monoglossic ideologies
Language as privilege for elite, their right
L1 L1+L2
+ L2

12. Bilingualism in 20th century
• A bicycle with two full separate wheels
• L1 + L2 = L1 + L2
• Balanced bilingualism

13. 21st century geopolitical changes &
bilingualism
Non territorialized languages

14. 21st century
Dynamic bilingualism
Language as resource

15. Bilingual Education foundations
Monoglosic ideology Heteroglosic ideology
Subtractive
Bilingual
education
Additive Bilingual
education
Recursive
Bilingual
education
Dynamic
Bilingual
education
Language
ideology
monoglossic monoglossic heteroglossic heteroglossic
Linguistic
goal
monolingualism monolingualism bilingualism bilingualism
Linguistic
ecology
Lge shift Lge addition
manteinance
Lge
revitalization
plurilingualism
Bilingualism
orientation
Bi as problem Bi as enrichment Bi as right Bi as resource
Cultural
ecology
monocultural Mono to
biculturalism
Bicultural
multiplicity
transcultural
Types of
children
minority majority Non-dominant All

16. Bilingual Education Types
Subtractive
bied
Addtive bied Recursive
bied
Dynamic
bied
Language
ideology
monoglossic monoglossic heteroglossic heteroglossic
Linguistic
goal
monolingualism monlingualism bilingualism bilingualism
types transitional Maintenance
Prestigious
Immersion
Immersion
developmenta
l
Polydirectiona
l-two way-
dual language
CLIL-CLILtype

17. Total immersion program
Types of Bilingual programs
% of
Lge
10
0
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 50
grade pre 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
Bilingual process

18. Partial immersion program
Types of Bilingual programs 2
% of
Lge
75 75 75 75 75 75 50 50 50 50 50 50
grade pre 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
Bilingual process