The lecture part of an actual college class in content-based English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The class is Human Rights, Bilingualism and Women’s Choices. The relations among those three topics are explained along with some levels of human rights—universal (UN agreements), cultural (e.g., linguistic human rights), and individual (e.g., freedom of speech). But mainly the lecture shows how choices that people have, not just women, increase as they become bilingual and bicultural, then possibly multilingual and multicultural. Each individual is charted in terms of linguistic repertoire, cultural identity, human rights and choices available, which are most limited for monolingual and monocultural people. The threshold where individuals can be considered bilingual or bicultural is also discussed. Different degrees and combinations of languages are explained along with their consequences in terms of choices. Any language or culture in the world could be added to our repertoire. The more choices, the more freedom the individual can enjoy.
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