Page 4 - Strategy of English in Normal Schools... After Four Years of Its Implementation

BACKGROUND

CURRICULA 2018 CURRICULA 2022

National Strategy of Engish in Normal Schools. After the National Strategy

• Trainee teachers of Normal Schools would • Has no determined level of English to be

receive abilitation in the use of English to attained
achieve bilingual education over the course of

20 years. • Reduced English classes from 6 class
hours to 4 class hours per week.

• It considered 6 class hours per week in the first

six semesters of the career. • Reduced from 6 semesters to only two

semesters of English in the whole career.
• Students of public education at the end of the

basic level (middle school) would graduate with • In contrast to 2018 Curricula, control

an English level of B1. At the end of high standards and policies do not allow the
school they would attain a B2 level. failing of students due to poor

performance or absences.

• Another goal was that over the course of 20

years all teachers of English in public education
in the basic level (Elementary and middle

school) would be certified in a C1 level and all

English teachers of high school would be
certified in C2 (SEP, 2017).