MAIN GOAL :TO HELP students
ACQUIRE and learn THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPETENCY, ACADEMIC SKILLS AND SELF -CONFIDENCE
NEEDED FOR AUTHENTIC COMMUNICATION .
MISION
The English Area is a department at Caldas school, whose job is to interpret and apply the institutional policies regarding the teaching and learning of English as a foreign Language. It focuses on providing the teachers and students the necessary tools to gain a better understanding when teaching and learning English. |
VISION
By the year 2019, Caldas school will be a bilingual educational community with
international experiences, virtual orientation and a
high investigative knowledge.
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interesting information
No one would deny that the
sphere of influence of English is now the entire world. In the extent and
diversity of its uses, English is matched by no other present or past language
of our species. It is unparalleled in the history of the world. For the first
time a natural language has attained the status of an international (universal)
language, essentially for cross-cultural communication. The British Council in
its English 2000 project discovered
some impressive facts concerning the extent of English:
English is used in over 70 countries as an official or semi-official language and has important status in over 20 more. One out of five of the world’s population speak English to some level of competence. Demand from the other four-fifths is increasing. By the year 2010 it is estimated that over one billion people will be learning English. English is the main language of books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control, international business and academic conferences, science, technology, diplomacy, sport, international competitions, pop music and advertising. Over two-thirds of the world’s scientists read in English. Three quarters of the world’s mail is written in English. 80% of the world’s electronically stored information is in English. |