Learning a /through a foreign language in higher education: employers’ and students’ perceptions

Introduction: Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are allegedly preparing students for a globalized working area where people will need to be ready to communicate effectively in one or more foreign languages in international working environments, which puts a lot of pressure on how foreign languages...

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Autores principales:	Margarida Morgado, Luís Vicente Gómez, Marcelo Calvete
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Lenguaje:	EN PT
Publicado:	Instituto Politécnico de Viseu 2019
Materias:	Foreign languages in Higher Education intercultural communicative competence employers’ perceptions students’ perceptions CLIL Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/ee369f0c9c164f649ee4619490ef8b67
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ee369f0c9c164f649ee4619490ef8b672021-12-02T10:44:40ZLearning a /through a foreign language in higher education: employers’ and students’ perceptions0873-30151647-662X10.29352/mill0209.04.00226https://doaj.org/article/ee369f0c9c164f649ee4619490ef8b672019-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.rcaap.pt/millenium/article/view/16250https://doaj.org/toc/0873-3015https://doaj.org/toc/1647-662XIntroduction: Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are allegedly preparing students for a globalized working area where people will need to be ready to communicate effectively in one or more foreign languages in international working environments, which puts a lot of pressure on how foreign languages (FL) are learned in Higher Education (HE). Methods: This article explores how a FL or learning through a FL could be approached in HEI, focusing mainly on what employers claim in terms of skills of recent graduates or on-the-job workers. Case studies are used, combining interviews to employers and questionnaires to HE students to find out their perceptions on FL learning requirements for greater employability. Conclusions: A series of recommendations are made for HEI on how to promote students’ employability skills; on the best practices for the development of intercultural communicative competence and FL skills to communicate effectively in international or digitally-mediated working environments; as well as on how to prepare the teaching staff for emerging trends that involve using a FL as medium of instruction or CLIL, a content and language integrated approach. These testify to the importance of learning a FL or through a FL, as well as the need to combine transversal skills development in connection to FL learning.Margarida MorgadoLuís Vicente GómezMarcelo CalveteInstituto Politécnico de ViseuarticleForeign languages in Higher Educationintercultural communicative competenceemployers’ perceptionsstudents’ perceptionsCLILSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPTMillenium, Iss 9, Pp 51-58 (2019)
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topic	Foreign languages in Higher Education intercultural communicative competence employers’ perceptions students’ perceptions CLIL Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	Foreign languages in Higher Education intercultural communicative competence employers’ perceptions students’ perceptions CLIL Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Margarida Morgado Luís Vicente Gómez Marcelo Calvete Learning a /through a foreign language in higher education: employers’ and students’ perceptions
description	Introduction: Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are allegedly preparing students for a globalized working area where people will need to be ready to communicate effectively in one or more foreign languages in international working environments, which puts a lot of pressure on how foreign languages (FL) are learned in Higher Education (HE). Methods: This article explores how a FL or learning through a FL could be approached in HEI, focusing mainly on what employers claim in terms of skills of recent graduates or on-the-job workers. Case studies are used, combining interviews to employers and questionnaires to HE students to find out their perceptions on FL learning requirements for greater employability. Conclusions: A series of recommendations are made for HEI on how to promote students’ employability skills; on the best practices for the development of intercultural communicative competence and FL skills to communicate effectively in international or digitally-mediated working environments; as well as on how to prepare the teaching staff for emerging trends that involve using a FL as medium of instruction or CLIL, a content and language integrated approach. These testify to the importance of learning a FL or through a FL, as well as the need to combine transversal skills development in connection to FL learning.
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title	Learning a /through a foreign language in higher education: employers’ and students’ perceptions
title_short	Learning a /through a foreign language in higher education: employers’ and students’ perceptions
title_full	Learning a /through a foreign language in higher education: employers’ and students’ perceptions
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publisher	Instituto Politécnico de Viseu
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Learning a /through a foreign language in higher education: employers’ and students’ perceptions

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