Peláez, OscarCuesta Arango, Laura AlejandraMonsalve Cataño, Darlyn AndreaOspina Franco, AlejandraZuluaga Calderón, Juliana2024-09-092024-09-092020http://repository.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co/handle/20.500.14.531/4206Having as a central interest the instrumentalization of the language, this study investigates how an utilitarian view of the language permeates the practices of some pre-service teachers of in Colombia, as well as the effects that this situation can cause in the teachers development of their role as policy makers as well as social agents. This study is contributing to the field of language policy in the country and can also be taken as a reference for studies made abroad, allowing teachers and different educational actors to appreciate the challenges that other teachers may face before becoming professionals of the English teaching.20 p.application/pdfengConcepts of languageInstrumentalizationLanguage policyhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16echttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_7a1fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/a