MEMORIES 1ST NATIONAL EFL AND ELT USTA TUNJA CONGRESS: BILINGUALISM AND NEW TRENDS “English, the window to the world”

Abstract

The Bilingualism and New Trends: English, the window to the world Congress of the Santo Tomás University-Tunja gathered department directors, students, and in general, active participants of the academic community in order to share research experiences, reflect about languages learning and the teaching and learning practices in the field of education. Teachers and students of languages from different institutions exposed their thoughts and develop their workshops as a contribution to the education in languages; it was also an opportunity to do a constructive criticism about different stereotypes and myths around teaching and learning English, it was treated the use of electronic devices for teaching and learning languages as well as the national and international statistics about the process of bilingualism in Colombia and nearer countries.