COLOMBIA MUST
IMPROVE ITS ENGLISH LEVEL
By Lina Marcela Lemus – English student
Colombia has a problematic with the English Language, few people know it
and it´s very frustrating, because this country is less competitive in relation
with other countries and many people could lose great opportunities in their
life too.
The newspaper “Alma Mater”, of
University de Antioquia, published a study about of English language in fifty-four
countries of the world. That study was realized by “English Proficiency Index”
where it was indicating that Colombia is ranked second to last in english
proficiency throughout Latin America and world was classified in the rank
fifty, it´s a score very bad and low for developing the development of a
Country, nationally and internationally.
In Medellin, about of 88% of young
people enter to the university with level A1 (according to the European
Framework), this level is when people is begining to understand and has the possibility
to say easy sentences about of immediately surroundings, this level is for kids
between six to eight years old !!!.
Alma Mater indicated that there are
factors associated with that deficiency, for example, the lack of bilingual
teachers in the elementary school, the high number of students per classroom,
low intensity programs and social problems that affect the performance of some
students. Preschool is even more important, several theorists as Jean Piaget,
Steven Pinker and Larry Selinker, say that the
stimulation is very important from birth to seven years old because you are an
unconscious process and learning (conscious) of a second language.
Alma Mater insists that the teachers
hiring must be based on parameters such as recreational and artistic skills. The
teachers of core subjects must have enough knowledge to play, sing, motivate
and also to teach and solve foundation problems, because a preschool teacher is
a shaper of worlds.
If we are indifferent with the
performance of ours children, young people and ourselves about this deficiency
with english language, we could pay the consequences, with less opportunities
for skilled jobs and therefore with less quality of life.
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