The LDB of 1996 returned autonomy to schools to choose the foreign languages to be taught, but English consolidated itself due to its growing global importance.

The reform of the LDB of 1996 eliminated the teaching of foreign languages from the mandatory school curriculum.

After the LDB of 1996, the teaching of English remained exclusively with the traditional method of grammar and translation.

English lost ground in Brazilian schools due to the implementation of policies that valued indigenous languages.

The LDB of 1996 imposed the teaching of Spanish as a mandatory language in all schools.