Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language

[EN] The study behind this paper aimed to assess the influence of the socioeconomic status (SES) on university students’ expectations of English use in their prospective career and their perceptions of English competence as a key professional skill. The sample consisted of 109 students from two Bach...

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Autores: Barrios, Elvira, Lopez-Agudo, Luis
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/171504
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/171504
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Higher Education
Learning
Educational systems
Teaching
English as a foreign language
Socioeconomic status (SES)
English Medium of Instruction (EMI)
Career prospects
Perceptions
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spelling Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional languageBarrios, ElviraLopez-Agudo, LuisHigher EducationLearningEducational systemsTeachingEnglish as a foreign languageSocioeconomic status (SES)English Medium of Instruction (EMI)Career prospectsPerceptions[EN] The study behind this paper aimed to assess the influence of the socioeconomic status (SES) on university students’ expectations of English use in their prospective career and their perceptions of English competence as a key professional skill. The sample consisted of 109 students from two Bachelor Degree courses at the University of Málaga (Spain), one in Energy Engineering and the other one in Pedagogy. An ANOVA analysis revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between the three SES groups in the sample as to their expectations and perceptions concerning English competence. However, descriptive statistics show that the participants in the lower SES group have lower expectations regarding the role of English in their future career. Additionally, the students in this group hold a lower perception of English as a key professional skill. These findings lead us to conclude that lower SES students may be less inclined to enrol in partially or fully taught English courses at university, and that their perceptions may actually be a factor in their future career prospects in areas where English is extensively used as a lingua franca.This study stems from the Innovation Project ‘Flipped classroom as an inclusive teaching strategy for bilingualism in higher education’, approved and financed by the Vicerrectorado de Personal Docente e Investigador de la Universidad de Málaga for the academic years 2019-2020 and 2019-2020 (ref. PIE 19-206).Editorial Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaUniversidad de MálagaRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20212021-07-26book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/171504reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengUniversidad de Málaga https://doi.org/10.13039/100009473 PIE 19-206open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada (by-nc-nd) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/1715042026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language
title Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language
spellingShingle Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language
Barrios, Elvira
Higher Education
Learning
Educational systems
Teaching
English as a foreign language
Socioeconomic status (SES)
English Medium of Instruction (EMI)
Career prospects
Perceptions
title_short Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language
title_full Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language
title_fullStr Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language
title_full_unstemmed Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language
title_sort Socioeconomic status and university students’ perceptions of English as a professional language
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Barrios, Elvira
Lopez-Agudo, Luis
author Barrios, Elvira
author_facet Barrios, Elvira
Lopez-Agudo, Luis
author_role author
author2 Lopez-Agudo, Luis
author2_role author
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Higher Education
Learning
Educational systems
Teaching
English as a foreign language
Socioeconomic status (SES)
English Medium of Instruction (EMI)
Career prospects
Perceptions
topic Higher Education
Learning
Educational systems
Teaching
English as a foreign language
Socioeconomic status (SES)
English Medium of Instruction (EMI)
Career prospects
Perceptions
description [EN] The study behind this paper aimed to assess the influence of the socioeconomic status (SES) on university students’ expectations of English use in their prospective career and their perceptions of English competence as a key professional skill. The sample consisted of 109 students from two Bachelor Degree courses at the University of Málaga (Spain), one in Energy Engineering and the other one in Pedagogy. An ANOVA analysis revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between the three SES groups in the sample as to their expectations and perceptions concerning English competence. However, descriptive statistics show that the participants in the lower SES group have lower expectations regarding the role of English in their future career. Additionally, the students in this group hold a lower perception of English as a key professional skill. These findings lead us to conclude that lower SES students may be less inclined to enrol in partially or fully taught English courses at university, and that their perceptions may actually be a factor in their future career prospects in areas where English is extensively used as a lingua franca.
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