Linguistic ideologies, multilingualism and ELT in Colombia: A review of the literature
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This review article analyzes recent studies in Colombian applied linguistics that reveal the interrelations between linguistic ideologies, multilingualism, and language learning in the country. To achieve this aim, 22 articles published during the last decade in ten Colombian journals were reviewed and grouped into thematic categories. After a systematic analysis of the articles, three main thematic categories emerged: 1. Linguistic ideologies revealed in bi/multilingualism policies; 2. Interrelations between linguistic ideologies and learners’ identity; and 3. Linguistic ideologies revealed in multilingual meaning-making practices. The conclusions suggest that dominant language ideologies, such as beliefs in the supremacy of English over other languages, native speakerism, and the reduction of “bilingual” education to monolingualism in English, tend to produce and reproduce stereotypes attached to languages and language values, discourses of linguistic hegemonies and purism, and the marketization of foreign languages in the country.
- Ideologies
- Multilingualism
- Language instruction
- Language policy
- Identity
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