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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