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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

COMPETENCE

Vs.

ECONOMICS

AND

CEFRL

According to the regulations of

the CEFR… in the

globalization, the English

language takes an important

role in the development of

many countries in the global

economy and in the

international culture with the

use of a common language..

Let us begin by discussing

several facts that support the

importance of the English

language in Economics at the

FUAC.

On the market side, the use of

the English language is quite

simple as the economy is

increasing at huge steps due

to the different changes

concerning international

markets and becoming this

language in the most

underlying feature, the CEFR,

has very well defined the levels

of the English language as the

international standards.

As we can notice in the scales,

to reach the highest levels

means to get the highest

position in a company, if in the

job market we need to

compete with this competence

that nowadays is not the

English of just a few countries

but of the most.

On the part of the employment

side, business transactions,

finances, international affairs

and relations; all that demand

both, a professional career

and a basic and advanced

knowledge of the English

language.

Since the international standards

control not just the functioning of

the planning, organization, staffing,

budgeting, of any kind of company,

enterprise, or institution, to mention

some; the CEFR makes an

assessment of the English

competences for the worldwide

context in the English language, and

it is our role, to provide the

graduate students at the FUAC, with

this competence.

As Colombia has taken part of the

National Bilingual Program from the

Ministry of Education to fulfill the

requirements of the CEFRL, the

FUAC goes behind to get it.

For the above said, the FUAC,

to contribute with this proposal

and to improve the quality of

the programs, has established

for the students, the English

language competence in Level

B1 and in the very near future

the level B2 as the minimum

one for all the graduate

students who will immediately

enter in the international

markets.

Economics? Certainly, the

FUAC offers this program.

Economy? Yes, definitely, our

economy is changing.

Economic? Yes, the world

needs economic prices to be

consumers.

Economist? Yes, graduate

students become Economists.

Omayra Vargas C. English Teacher English Micro curricular Component .