Training of bilingual teachers

Formación de docentes bilingües

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Salomé Gómez Pérez

Abstract

Whether teaching native or foreign languages, bilingual teachers require training that prepares them not only in the areas of linguistics or didactics but that is also conducive to reflecting on the interculturality that is interwoven into different systems of communication and identity. Such broader approaches to bilingual teacher training are particularly relevant today, given that current discursive concepts about inclusivity and internationalization have become important in establishing educational policy.


This paper deals with two, different cases of bilingual teachers: one centers on teachers of indigenous languages; the other is focused on teachers of foreign languages. In both cases, attention is given, on one hand, to reviewing the limits of official discourse reflected in national policies or institutional programs and, on the other hand, to discussing the challenges presented by these objectives.

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Author Biographies (SEE)

Martha Vergara Jalisco, University of Guadalajara

Normalist Professor, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Mathematics, Master of Education with Intervention in Educational Practice, Doctor of Education from La Salle University of Guadalajara and Post-doctorate in Research Methodology in Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts by the Center for Higher Studies from the National University of Córdoba Argentina. She has been recognized with the Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Daniel Alcides Carrión University of Peru and as an Honorary.

Salomé Gómez Pérez, Universidad de Guadalajara

Professor-Researcher, Department of Modern Languages, University of Guadalajara

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