Level of English in Colombian Higher Education: A Decade of Stagnation

Autor/in	Benavides, Jorge Eliecer
Titel	Level of English in Colombian Higher Education: A Decade of Stagnation
Quelle	In: PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 23 (2021) 1, S.57-73 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Benavides, Jorge Eliecer)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1657-0790
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Tests; Databases; Higher Education; Exit Examinations; Educational History; Educational Policy; Language Proficiency; Bilingual Education Programs; College Students; Educational Objectives; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Datenbank; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Collegestudent; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Kolumbien
Abstract	This article analyzes the results of the Saber Pro, the state exam for students completing higher education, during 2007-2017 concerning the English language section. This analysis uses the reports and databases from the Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación (ICFES) repository and explains the policy in its historical context. The results warn of a quite worrying picture between the goals established by the Ministry of Education and the final achievements. The level of English of future Colombian professionals is not only very low but also without improvement from its beginnings in 2007 to 2017. As a conclusion, it would be necessary to review, from the universities' perspective, the language educational policy and propose bottom-up structural alternatives that allow a sustained impulse in teacher training, methodology, and curricular and pedagogical organization. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01