Students' reasons to study a major in english language teaching: a case study at a University in Central Mexico
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2015-02
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Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
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"This thesis explores students ́ reasons to do a major in English Language
Teaching (LEI). It was a case study carried out at a language department of a
public University in Central Mexico. The aims of this research were to analyze
students’ reasons to study English Language Teaching, to identify if the new
name of the program (LEI) has helped students to choose it according to
intrinsic motives, and to identify if students ́ reasons for doing a major in ELT
have changed according to the new name.
A questionnaire with open-ended questions was administrated to 183
students who enrolled at the Bachelor in English Teaching (LEI). The results
were compared with a similar investigation which was done in 2008 when the
English department offered the Bachelor in Modern Languages (LEMO). Findings indicate that most LEI students ́ reasons belong to the extrinsic
category since they enrolled at this language department without the intention
of being English Language Teachers. It seemed that the new name of the
program did not help as much because a great number of students chose this
career because they liked English, but not because they wanted to be English
teachers."
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