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Coloniality, And Subalterns In The Colombian English Language Teaching Policy: De-Silencing Teachers As Policy Actors, Rosa A. Medina Riveros, Theresa Y. Austin

College of Education Working Papers and Reports Series

The Colombian government has designed language policies to increase the level of English- Spanish bilingualism in the last decades. In 2014, the Colombian government launched 'Colombia: Very Well', the National Plan of English (NPE) that was created in consultancy with a private firm This study explores the English Language policy in Colombia through postcolonial sociology analyzing coloniality, imperialisms and subalternities and the connections across transnational agencies (macro- level), national actors (meso-level), and classroom teachers' enactments of the policy (micro level). It calls for de-silencing teachers and recognizing them as knowledgeable policy actors.