“To meet the goal of transform Chile into a country bilingual, […] we need to know where do we start and how are we going making progress. This year, when take the Simce test, it will be added
an English test […]. ”
President Sebastián Piñera
Presidential Message
May 21, 2010
National English Strategy
2014-2030
The English language has become a increasingly
worldwide communication tool, the use of which has opened opportunities for
trade and cultural and scientific exchange among the speakers of the most
diverse languages. For that reason, to develop adequate levels of English is a
strategic asset for a country, and a truly competitive advantage for workers in
the local and global labour markets. The above has led different countries to
propose concrete initiatives and policies that aim to encourage the learning
and use of English among its citizens, from pre-school throughout their working
life. In Chile, President Sebastián Piñera has adopted the goal of being a
developed country by the end of the current decade. Consistently, a mayor step
to achieve this is to foster both the learning and the development of the
abilities of English among Chileans, in order to favour our cultural and
commercial integration in a globalised world and to improve the competitiveness
of our workforce and our economy in general. “For Chile to achieve the goal of
becoming a bilingual country, […] we need to know where do we start from and
how do we progress. This year [2010], when the Simce [a standardised national
school assessment] evaluation will be taken, for the first time an English test
will be included […].” President Sebastián Piñera, Presidential Message, May
21st 2010 “And to become a bilingual country in the future, we need an National
English Strategy.” President Sebastián Piñera, Presidential Message, May 21st
2011 Strategic lines of action The present document contains the first version
of a National English Strategy 2014 - 2030 for Chile. It is structured around
the following lines of action: 1. Family and society 2. Schools and students 3.
Initial and continuous training of English teachers 4. English for specific
purposes General objective The general objective of the National English
Strategy is to strengthen the proficiencies of the Chilean population in the
English language, in order to accelerate the integration of Chile into a global
world and therefore improve our competitiveness.
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