Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in Colombia
<div>This article addresses a critical problem about asymmetrical power relationships and uneven conditions <span style="font-size: 10px;">in English language education exerted via identity shaping discourses in the document Educación: </span><span style="font-siz...
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| description | <div>This article addresses a critical problem about asymmetrical power relationships and uneven conditions <span style="font-size: 10px;">in English language education exerted via identity shaping discourses in the document Educación: </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Visión 2019 issued by the Colombian Ministry of National Education. The study follows the </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">critical discourse analysis method. It characterizes discursive strategies which, in turn, unveil power </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">structures, means of control, and subject positioning of submission and dominance inherent in three </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">main categories: Being bilingual, being successful, and being Colombian. It concludes that discourses are </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">being strategically employed by the Colombian Ministry of National Education to change or preserve</span></div><div>ideologies and to widen gaps between socio-economic groups to protect the interests of only a small <span style="font-size: 10px;">segment of the population.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 10px;"><div>Este reporte postula una problemática de relaciones desequilibradas de dominio, poder, control y <span style="font-size: 10px;">de la desproporcionada distribución de recursos en la enseñanza del inglés en Colombia, lo cual </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">es perpetrado por discursos que moldean la identidad, en el documento Educación: Visión 2019 </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">publicado por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional de Colombia. El estudio sigue los principios del </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">análisis crítico del discurso. Esta investigación caracteriza estrategias discursivas que a su vez develan </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">estructuras de poder, medios de control, y posicionamiento de sumisión y dominio en tres categorías: </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">ser bilingüe, ser exitoso y ser colombiano. El estudio sugiere que el Ministerio de Educación Nacional </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">está empleando discursos para manipular ideologías y generar inequidad entre grupos sociales en </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">tanto que protege los intereses de un segmento de la población exclusivamente. </span></div></span></div> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-168c6b037ee644689ca51149bfc6e2b62025-08-20T02:02:37ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902013-04-011514560Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in ColombiaEscobar Alméciga Wilder Yesid<div>This article addresses a critical problem about asymmetrical power relationships and uneven conditions <span style="font-size: 10px;">in English language education exerted via identity shaping discourses in the document Educación: </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">Visión 2019 issued by the Colombian Ministry of National Education. The study follows the </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">critical discourse analysis method. It characterizes discursive strategies which, in turn, unveil power </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">structures, means of control, and subject positioning of submission and dominance inherent in three </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">main categories: Being bilingual, being successful, and being Colombian. It concludes that discourses are </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">being strategically employed by the Colombian Ministry of National Education to change or preserve</span></div><div>ideologies and to widen gaps between socio-economic groups to protect the interests of only a small <span style="font-size: 10px;">segment of the population.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 10px;"><div>Este reporte postula una problemática de relaciones desequilibradas de dominio, poder, control y <span style="font-size: 10px;">de la desproporcionada distribución de recursos en la enseñanza del inglés en Colombia, lo cual </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">es perpetrado por discursos que moldean la identidad, en el documento Educación: Visión 2019 </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">publicado por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional de Colombia. El estudio sigue los principios del </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">análisis crítico del discurso. Esta investigación caracteriza estrategias discursivas que a su vez develan </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">estructuras de poder, medios de control, y posicionamiento de sumisión y dominio en tres categorías: </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">ser bilingüe, ser exitoso y ser colombiano. El estudio sugiere que el Ministerio de Educación Nacional </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">está empleando discursos para manipular ideologías y generar inequidad entre grupos sociales en </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">tanto que protege los intereses de un segmento de la población exclusivamente. </span></div></span></div>http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/37861Critical discourse analysis, dominance and control, language identity, power. |
| spellingShingle | Escobar Alméciga Wilder Yesid Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in Colombia Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development Critical discourse analysis, dominance and control, language identity, power. |
| title | Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in Colombia |
| title_full | Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in Colombia |
| title_short | Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in Colombia |
| title_sort | identity forming discourses a critical discourse analysis on policy making processes concerning english language teaching in colombia |
| topic | Critical discourse analysis, dominance and control, language identity, power. |
| url | http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/37861 |
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