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Academic Differentiation Between

Public and Private Schools in

Villa de Leyva in the Learning of English.

Nikolle Sofía Pereira Tovar
nsopereira@gmail.com
Languages department, Dulce Corazon de Maria school
Villa de Leyva, Boyaca

Abstract: The focus of this article was the differentiation of the English Materials and Methods: With a mixed approach and a type of
levels of the graduated of public schools compared to the English level explanatory sequential research, used a cross-sectional survey and
of graduated of private schools in Villa de Leyva. Through this article, it structured interview for its participants; 3 graduates per promotion of the
was sought to determine the reasons why private schools present, on years 2018, 2019, and 2020 of the schoo émica Antonio Nariño and
average, a better level of English in the Saber 11 tests than public Dulce Corazón de María school likewise, two teachers from each of the

schools, with the result that the teaching methods used in each institution aforementioned schools.
are reflected in an important way in the performance of each student in The first survey applied to the graduates sought to determine their
the area of English. On the other hand, it was also evident that those who socioeconomic level through questions about the implements they have
graduated with greater purchasing power had better opportunities when at home, and their socioeconomic level, among others. The second
it came to accessing a much more complete education than those who did survey was about the performance of each participant in the Saber 11
not have sufficient resources. tests, in this survey, the participants were asked about their overall score
and the score they obtained in the English area only, and, their level of
Keywords: differentiation in English output, ICFES, inequality, performance in this section of the test. The last survey was an English
teaching methods, educational analysis. test from Cambridge University and, finally, each graduate was
interviewed to determine the point of view of each participant regarding

Resumen: Este artículo tuvo como foco de investigación la the problems raised in the research. In addition to this, an interview was
diferenciación de los niveles de inglés de los egresados de los colegios conducted with the English teachers of each school to understand the
públicos comparado con el nivel de inglés de los egresados de colegios teaching methods used by each educational institution.
privados en Villa de Leyva. Mediante este, se buscó determinar las
causas por las cuales los colegios privados presentan, usualmente, un
mejor nivel de inglés en las pruebas Saber 11 que los colegios públicos,
esto dando como resultado que los métodos de enseñanza utilizados en

cada institución se ven reflejados en el desempeño que cada alumno
presenta en el área de inglés. Por otro lado, se pudo evidenciar que
aquellos egresados con mayores recursos tuvieron mejores
oportunidades a la hora de acceder a un plan de estudios mucho más
completo que aquellos que no contaban con los recursos suficientes.

Palabra claves: diferenciación en desempeño de inglés, ICFES,
desigualdad, métodos de enseñanza, análisis de educación.

Colombia is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that is
a fact that cannot be denied, what you may not know is that one of the
factors taken into account to determine the level of inequality of a
country is education. For this reason, it was expected to demonstrate the
significant gap that exists between people with a better socioeconomic
who have enough money to access private education in Villa de Leyva
compared to those who cannot access it and, instead, access public

education which it did not experience a drastic difference compared to
that of larger cities, it had a significant shortcoming that cannot be
ignored, the teaching and learning of English.