Coloniality, and Subalterns in the Colombian English Language Teaching Policy: De-silencing Teachers as Policy Actors

The Colombian government has designed language policies to increase the level of English- Spanish bilingualism in the last decades. In 2014, the Colombian government launched \u27Colombia: Very Well\u27, the National Plan of English (NPE) that was created in consultancy with a private firm This study explores the English Language policy in Colombia through postcolonial sociology analyzing coloniality, imperialisms and subalternities and the connections across transnational agencies (macro- level), national actors (meso-level), and classroom teachers\u27 enactments of the policy (micro level). It calls for de-silencing teachers and recognizing them as knowledgeable policy actors