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gist-616	Joya, Magdalena; Cerón, Alejandra	Reflections on the Process of Bilingual Education in Latin America: A Perspective from Globalization	2013	15	.pdf	application/pdf	5678	280	43	Programa Nacional de Bilingüismo como estrategia para el mejoramiento de la calidad de la enseñanza del inglés en Colombia y para la promoción de la competitividad de nuestros ciudadanos”. (MEN,http://colombiaaprende.edu.co/html/productos/1685/w3- article-312132.html)7 Proficiency in English as a second language can give opportunities to Colombians to achieve different skills and to be able to compete with people of other regions outside Latin-America: “Strengthening the domain of a foreign language (English) is essential to improve personal, social, technological and productive levels, at the same time, to promote more and better opportunities for competitiveness” (MEN, 2008).8 Although the policy recognizes the importance of bilingualism and generates plans and reflections about it for the entire Colombian population, the gap between the non-speakers (the majority of the Colombians) and the bilingual ones is huge, especially if we take into rEfLEctions on thE ProcEss of biLinGuaL Education Joya & cErón 7 “El reconocimiento de la importancia de una lengua extranjera, en este caso particular el inglés, llevó al Ministerio de Educación Nacional a implementar el	cache/gist-616.pdf	txt/gist-616.txt