Challenges of Bilingualism in Higher Education: The Experience of the Languages Department at the Universidad Central in Bogotá, Colombia

Autor/in	Granados Beltrán, Carlo
Titel	Challenges of Bilingualism in Higher Education: The Experience of the Languages Department at the Universidad Central in Bogotá, Colombia
Quelle	In: GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, (2013) 7, S.245-258 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1692-5777
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Bilingual Education; Bilingual Education Programs; Higher Education; Universities; College Second Language Programs; Departments; Educational Quality; Educational Indicators; Accreditation (Institutions); Language Teachers; College Faculty; Teacher Education; Curriculum Development; Interdisciplinary Approach; Student Evaluation; Performance Based Assessment; Outreach Programs; Colombia (Bogota) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Department; Abteilung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Fakultät; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Leistungsermittlung; Jobcoaching
Abstract	Many of the actions of Colombia's National Programme for the Development of Foreign Languages (Programa Nacional de Desarrollo de Lenguas Extranjeras--PNDLE) have been carried out in elementary and secondary education, but there is not much information about its impact in institutions of higher education. The aim of this article is to present the initiatives taken as well as the challenges faced by the Languages Department in order to foster bilingualism at "Universidad Central" in Bogota, Colombia. To explain the reasons behind these initiatives, quality indicators for successful bilingual programs were used and the situation at the university in comparison to the indicators is described. It is concluded that the endeavour of graduating bilingual students will not be easy to achieve unless institutions incorporate models of bilingual education as indicators for accreditation and support the labours of languages departments. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institucion Universitaria Columbo Americana UNCA. Calle 19 # 2A - 49 Second Floor, Bogata, Columbia. Tel: +571-2811777 Ext 1291; e-mail:gist@unica.edu.co; Web site: http://www.publicacionesunica.com/gist/index.php/gist/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01