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Submitted July 18, 2019
Published 2019-01-16

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No. 44 (2019): ACCIÓN Y REFLEXIÓN EDUCATIVA

Integration of language skills and general English level in students of a bachelor's program in English


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Published: 2019-01-16

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Acosta G., R. (2019). Integration of language skills and general English level in students of a bachelor’s program in English. Acción Y Reflexión Educativa, (44), 82–103. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/accion_reflexion_educativa/article/view/675

Abstract

Nowadays, people who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in English at the University of Panama do not fit the ideal profile of olden times; this situation has been having a negative impact on the level of oral and written English of those who graduate from such program after four years of study. In an effort to better respond to the learning needs of this new type of students, in 2010 a decision was made about this: to promote, during the first two years of the bachelor’s program, some type of integration of all the language skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. To that effect, four new subjects were introduced to the program: Integrated Skills I, II, III and IV. An entire group of seniors (fourth year students) of the night shift, who had already completed the program that included the four new subjects, took both an oral and a written exam to determine if they had a good level of oral and written English (at least an intermediate level). The scores obtained by these students in both exams demonstrate that all of them have from intermediate to high intermediate levels of oral and written English. In this article, we share the results obtained by the students in the aforementioned exams and discuss the possible implications of such results.

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