Linguistic Freedom and Co-official Languages in Spain

The Integration of Languages

The integration also means that the public authorities have a duty to provide citizens with the ability to exercise their rights. The rule of law, which embodies the powers that have the civilizing mission of providing peace and linguistic and cultural coexistence, cannot be a source of conflict, discrimination, and division. Thus, their obligation is to serve that objective, using all legal and political resources in their power to help “revive a sense of linguistic

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Musicology: History, Methods, and Reception

**Different Approaches to Musicology**

Musicology has encompassed various interdependent conceptions:

  1. Activity: Emphasis on precise, rigorous, and scientific application of methods in historical musicology. Historical musicology has been included in the quadrivium, suggesting that musicological methods are quantitative and similar to scientific methodologies. As a science and recent discipline, musicology arises in connection with the modern spirit and with the emergence of scientific methods.
  2. Area
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Understanding Social Institutions and Human Behavior

Institutionalization

Our behavior is regulated. The set of guidelines that govern our behavior in a specific area are institutions (family, education, etc.). Political institutions, taking into account the premature underdevelopment of instinct, man has a dependence on institutions. They are the substitution for the lack of instinct; they tell us how to live. Institutions were closely connected to the typing (roles) and routines. Institutions may change but not disappear; a society cannot live without

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English Language Teaching in Chile: Research and Findings

Title/YearAuthorProblemMethod of Data CollectionSubjectsResults/Findings

The Dad in the Che Guevara T-shirt: Narratives of Chilean English Teachers

2008

Julia Menard-Warwick

Student resistance to English Language Teaching based on the connection between ELT and global capitalism.

1. Researcher observed many classes of different teachers in some universities in Chile.

2. The researcher interviewed many teachers but focused on two stories:

  • The dad in the Che Guevara t-shirt.
  • Rage against the machine.

English

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Historical Materialism: Economic and Social Development

Historical Materialism

Historical materialism, as understood in Marxism, holds that history is a consequence of the dialectical development of economic and social infrastructure. This is because the facts and engine of the evolution of humanity are economic relationships. These relationships give rise to social classes and the infrastructure that determines the formation of a superstructure, consisting of ethics, culture, religion, and the legal system. According to Marx, the ideology of an epoch

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Curriculum Areas: Self, Environment, Languages & Objectives

Curriculum Areas: Blocks of Content

Area 1: Knowledge of Self and Personal Autonomy

First Stage

  • Block 1: The awakening of personal identity
  • Block 2: Personal welfare and daily life

Second Cycle

  • Block 1: The body and image
  • Block 2: Game and movement
  • Block 3: Activity and daily life
  • Block 4: Personal care and health

Area 2: Knowledge of the Environment

First Cycle

  • Block 1: Interaction with the physical and natural environment
  • Block 2: Life with others

Second Cycle

  • Block 1: Environment: elements, relationships, and
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