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 In this space you could find the recordings elaborated by each one of the group members that elaborate this blog based on the opinion about the following statement: "Particularly (Spanish-English bilingualism) has been privileged. This is seen as providing access to a highly `visible`, socially-accepted form of bilingualism, leading to the possibility of employment in the global market-place. In contrast, bilingualism in minority Amerindian or Creole languages has been generally undervalued and associated with an `invisible` form of bilingualism related to underdevelopment, poverty and backwardness."

 And about this question: "The question we can ask, how far bilingual education programs for majority language speakers in Colombia today are actively helping towards the creation of a more understanding, a more tolerant society and not only providing a way to better jobs and a higher standard of living for their graduates?"


Opinion by Carolina Cano Echeverri:




Opinion by Juan Guillermo Gutierrez:





Opinion by Robert Fernando Acosta:




Opinion by Neirselen Pertuz



Opinion by Martha Isabel Villamil







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