ANALISYS ABOUT THE CONTEXT AS A ENGLISH TEACHER IN A PRIVATE INSTITUTE IN VILLAVICENCIO
Students are 6 to 10 years old
Cognitive
Development of the 4 language skills
Additive communicative competences (López, 2014)
Don't affect the L1
Mental and motor skills
Phonetic and phonological processing
Strengthening the bilingual process
Expanding vocabulary
Late bilingualism
Advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism in children
Disadvantages
Tireman, (1955)
There are errors in morphology
Vocabulary is restricted
Grammar structures are limited.
Advantages
Lambert, (1977)
More flexibility in though
Larger creativity
Bigger social sensibility
Better attitudes towards others
Baker (2006)
Divergent or creative thinking
To think in different ways
Administrative management
Teacher recruitment
Pedagogical and bilingual management
Natives speakers
Non-native speakers
Teachers with different language levels
B1
B2
C1
REFERENCES
Vásquez, L. Y. G. (2023). Understanding Bilingualism: Definitions and Cognitive Development. https://aulavirtual.usantotomas.edu.co/course/view.php?id=13867
Salamanca, S (2014). Bilingüismo y desarrollo cognitivo. Universitat de les Illes Balears. España. https://dspace.uib.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11201/3640/Salamanca_Lopez_Sara.pdf?sequence=1
Teacher-students relationship
Use of mother tongue
Addictive biliguals
Without losing their previous knowledge L1
Code-switching
Mixed use of two language
systems
Translanguaging
Lewis et al. (2012)
The usage of a language to strengthen another
Linguistic development
Language ability
Receptive Skills
Listening
Reading
Productive Skills
Speaking
Writing
Autonomous learning
Pedagogical process
It stands out for
A constructivist model
As li (2011)
It creates a social space for
the multilingual
Emplear un ambiente bilingüe
Translanguaging
The class is planned in target language
Combination of both languages
Both teachers and students communicate in the target language
Balance in the use of languages
Providing cultural spaces
Be bicultural
No monocultural
Innovative strategies
TIC
playful activities
Eco-environmental
Good physical environment
Large physical structure
10 chairs and tables
Personalised classes
Good lighting and ventilation