Percepción de los empleadores hacia el campo de enseñanza del inglés en Colombia y los egresados del programa de Licenciatura en Inglés de la Universidad La Gran Colombia

Abstract

This research presents a pilot plan about the employers’ perceptions about the TESOL competencies to the graduates of the Licenciatura en Inglés program at La Gran Colombia University. It applied a qualitative design in which six employers participated from different education institutions of formal and non-formal education (institutions or places dedicated to teaching English as a foreign language) which were contacted through to the university program's graduates with open-structured interview questions. The result evidenced an inclination towards some competencies more than others, giving priority to aspects as: language domains and professional attitudes. It concluded that this type of research is necessary to understand the variety of competencies that are valued by employers, and the importance of permanently updating the programs considering the employers’ perception about the professionals.