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Vega-Carrero, Sandra; Alejandro-Pulido, Manuel; Ruiz, Nancy Esther – Online Submission, 2017
This article presents the results of a research study conducted with college students at a University in Colombia that offers an online program of English as a Foreign Language. The goal of this study was to understand the students' perceptions. It mainly responded to the following research questions: Why do these students participate in an EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation
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Tenedero, Pia Patricia P.; Vizconde, Camilla J. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2015
With increasing demand for accounting professionals, audit firms are banking on universities to provide graduates equipped with technical know-how and critical English skills. This explains heightened employer concern over the business English skills of new hires, prompting questions on adequacy and relevance of English taught in universities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Audits (Verification), Accounting, Business English
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Biasetti, Giada – Hispania, 2016
Based on the experience of developing and teaching an introductory course on Spanish-English interpretation, this study will situate and justify translation, more specifically interpreting, as an important component for language development. The goal is to analyze ways the development and implementation of an interpreting course (focusing on…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Morales J., María V.; Morales J., María A. – English Language Teaching, 2017
This study describes the presence of professional skills found in poster session proposals in order to consider the use of poster sessions for developing the skills required by the 2012 Ecuadorian Standards for English teachers, specifically related to the fifth domain professionalism. Thirteen poster session proposals for a national English…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Visual Aids, Skill Analysis, National Standards