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1357S2Q11 Brazil has always been a multilingual country, although throughout its history it has systematically tried to get rid of its linguistic and cultural diversity or veil it. However, for the last two decades alone, we have witnessed an ideological change that acknowledges and stimulates Brazilian plurilingualism. In this scenario, Liberali and Megale (2011) point out that there are four Brazilian bilingual education proposals: bilingual education with sign language, indigenous bilingual education, bilingual education in multilingual contexts, and elite or prestigious bilingual education whose name was given due to the favorable financial conditions of students who can attend these schools, in them instruction occurs in two languages simultaneously, most commonly English ad Portuguese. What is correct to affirm about the passage?

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A) Although Brazil has historically suppressed its linguistic diversity, in recent decades there has been a shift toward valuing plurilingualism.

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B) Brazil has been ensuring equal recognition of a diversity of languages and implementing bilingual education policies nationwide throughout history.

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C) The country has always been officially monolingual, never acknowledging the reality of bilingual education proposals that have already been in place.

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D) Linguistic diversity in Brazil has only been recognized in the context of foreign language instruction, with no relevance given to minoritized languages.

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E) Bilingual education in Brazil has been primarily constrained to elite schools in the last two decades.

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