Second foreign languages and employability in the Catalonia of the SXXI

Lopez Garcia, Patricia

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Second foreign languages and employability in the Catalonia of the SXXI

2019Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Lopez Garcia, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-11T13:02:52Z
dc.date.available	2019-06-11T13:02:52Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	Introduction: Despite considering the English language, Lingua Franca par excellence, Catalan companies, due to their growing economic internationalization, demand more and more professionals with skills in foreign languages associated with skills and attitudes linked to employability. These characteristics reflect the needs of the labour market, which implies a strong synergy between universities and companies in order to provide future graduates with the most suitable skills for a quality labour market insertion. Methods: Our analysis is based on the study of two different profiles of graduates, on the one hand, students of the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and on the other hand, students of the Degree in Tourism of Euroaula-University of Girona, two areas in which knowledge of second languages is unavoidable for their subsequent incorporation into the labour market. We will focus on second foreign languages (French, German, Italian, etc.) which are part of the growing needs of the Catalan business sector. Conclusions: The graduates who can accredit linguistic knowledge in two foreign languages, associated with transversal skills linked to employability, are future professionals highly coveted by the world of work. From this perspective, the world of education must try to reconsider the teaching of foreign languages that is more in line with the needs of knowledge, know-how and know how to be.	pt_PT
dc.description.version	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.29352/mill0209.03.00211	pt_PT
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/5535
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Instituto Politécnico de Viseu	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://revistas.rcaap.pt/millenium/article/view/15099	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Graduates	pt_PT
dc.subject	employability	pt_PT
dc.subject	foreign languages	pt_PT
dc.subject	Translation	pt_PT
dc.subject	Tourism	pt_PT
dc.title	Second foreign languages and employability in the Catalonia of the SXXI	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
dspace.entity.type	Publication
oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Viseu	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	49	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	9	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	41	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Millenium	pt_PT
rcaap.rights	openAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	article	pt_PT