La formación inicial de los maestros de educación primaria en el contexto de la enseñanza bilingüe en lengua extranjera

INTRODUCTION. In the past few years bilingual programmes for foreign language learning have spread in Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education boosted by the Educational Authorities. These type of programmes have also emerged at university, where some undergraduate and post-graduate degrees are bilingual or taught through a foreign language, usually English. Both initiatives share the search for greater integration between language and content and have ge-nerated a context which is urging rethinking of the training of Primary school teachers. METhOD. This article examines, with the outcome of recent studies, how universities and teacher training centres are undertaking pre-service teacher training and how they are adapting to the requirements posed by foreign language bilingual education in schools. RESULTS. Uni-versities have addressed pre-service teacher training of foreign languages for Primary Educa-tion through specialization courses. In addition, some of them are offering bilingual undergra-duate degrees. However, the implementation of bilingual undergraduate degrees is not always based on reflection on the intended outcomes. DISCUSSION. Unlike what happens with other university degrees, the foreign language for teachers in bilingual schools is not only a language of communication, but a language of instruction aimed at learning by students. Moreover, it is a language which learning is channeled through other curriculum contents. In line with these observations, this piece of work leaves the following open question : Has the time come to in-troduce common pre-service teacher training of and through foreign languages to all teachers in Primary Education? INTRODUCTION. Au cours des dernières années, les programmes d’études bilingues qui ont pour but l’apprentissage d’une langue étrangère sont apparus promus par les autorités de l’éducation préscolaire, primaire et secondaire. Ces programmes ont également vu le jour à l’université, où quelques études de licence (grade) et de master ont un programme d’études bilin-gue et sont enseignées en langue étrangère, principalement en anglais. Tous les deux initiatives partagent la recherche d’une plus grande intégration entre le langage et le contenu, et ont généré un contexte qui oblige à repenser la formation que les enseignants au primaire doivent recevoir pour faire face aux défis de sa tache. MÉThODE. Cet article examine, tenant en compte des in-formations provenant d’études récents, comment les universit