Desarrollo Del Plan Nacional De Bilinguismo

Marin Arevalo, Ednny Sunileny | 2017-11-20

The main objective of the present research of qualitative, descriptive and micro ethnographic model is to identify and observe how the guidelines of the National Plan of Bilingualism are being applied and executed within the teaching practices in the classroom of a public institution of Armenia that works with a pilot program in bilingualism by early partial immersion executed from preschool to fifth grade of primary school. In addition, it also seeks to determine how these teaching practices are in the pedagogical and didactic field and if these are correlated with bilingual policies. The data collection instruments that were used throughout the investigation are the following: the first is the documentary analysis that was made to all the institutional documents such as the PEI of the institution, suggested curriculum, the Basic Learning Rights Fifth Grade (DBA) and the Municipal English Area Plan (PAMI). An interview was also held with the coordinator of the institution about the bilingual policies and the pilot plan that is being executed there, these items were also investigated in the surveys that were directed to English teachers, in addition to the daily teaching practice of each one of them and his knowledge about the pilot plan by early partial immersion in which they are participants. Finally, open and structured observations were analyzed. The aforementioned instruments facilitated the analysis and triangulation of data that resulted as a result that the bilingual educational policies Pag.5 are being consistent with the teaching practices at the level of materials implementation and class development. However, there was also a disarticulation between the primary seat with piloting in bilingualism and the main headquarters of the institution.