by John Shannon

It is fair to say that Chile is only just beginning to appear on the ESL map. For many years geographically and politically isolated, Chile has not seen the same massive developments in ESL that have taken place in, for example, Brazil or Argentina. It is significant that International House, one of the major international players in the ESL market, has only just opened a center in Chile (in Santiago, in April of 2002), although it has been well established in places such as Buenos Aires for years.

Now, however, the need for English has reached Chile, as it has in just about every other developing country. Consequently, as Chile becomes more involved in international affairs, an increasing number of professionals require knowledge of English, at least at basic level, while many universities are now making English a mandatory component of courses in subjects such as medicine, engineering and architecture.

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