English as a foreign language policy in Latin America. The neoliberal "multilingual" nationalism of Costa Rica.

Autor/in	Solano-Campos, Ana
Titel	English as a foreign language policy in Latin America. The neoliberal "multilingual" nationalism of Costa Rica.
Quelle	In: Comparative education review, 66 (2022) 4, S. 643-663Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben S. 659-663
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-701X
DOI	10.1086/721793
Schlagwörter	Bildungspolitik; Curriculum; Schulbuch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Mehrsprachigkeit; Englisch; Nationalismus; Neoliberalismus; Sprachpolitik; Costa Rica; Lateinamerika
Abstract	In the last four decades, many Latin American governments have positioned English learning and teaching as a national priority and incorporated it into state-supported políticas sobre lenguas extranjeras (foreign language policies) that position the English language as a desirable characteristic of their citizenry. I argue that this phenomenon is driven by the dynamic ways in which ideologies of neoliberalism and multilingualism have been reframed by nation-states to align with nationalist agendas. In this study, I examine the trajectory of linguistic resources, specifically English proficiency, in the discursive space of Costa Rican foreign language policy. Drawing from document analysis and ethnographic fieldwork in a fourth-grade classroom, I reveal how, despite its global and English-dominant rhetoric, English as a foreign language policy mobilized a neoliberal "multilingual" nationalism in the curriculum, textbook, and instruction.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2023/1