Educate in another language?

Reflections on English learning in primary school

Abstract

The following article questions the meaning that it makes today to educate in another language, especially, English learning. It analyses the criteria that guide this educational initiative from a sociocultural and ecological perspective of language, and critically exposes the implications of a bilingual curriculum in an unequal, diverse and non-English-speaking country such as Mexico. The findings include some alternatives to promote English learning in primary school.