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Foreign Language Education in ASE Bucharest – A Quantitative Approach

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  • Viorela-Valentina DIMA

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Florina MOHANU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Raluca-Elena HURDUZEU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Maria-Antoaneta LORENTZ

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Cornelia PÃTRU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Abstract

The purpose of the current article is to explore the way in which a Romanian university – The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) develops graduates’ foreign language skills to prepare them for an increasingly multilingual job market. We start by reviewing key European Commission documentation on the European labor market’s ever higher demands for multilingual professionals, and the EU’s measures to encourage the education sector to contribute to the development of such professionals. We then provide a detailed account of the quantitative study we conducted in the period January-March 2018, on the foreign language background of ASE’s Bachelor’s candidates, the number/types of foreign language classes included in ASE’s Bachelor’s and Master’s curricula for several generations, and effects upon ASE’s internationalization strategy. The reader is also kindly invited to peruse the sequel to this article –“Lifelong Learning for the Labor Market”, where we further explore the demands of the Romanian labor market with respect to foreign language skills.

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  • Viorela-Valentina DIMA & Florina MOHANU & Raluca-Elena HURDUZEU & Maria-Antoaneta LORENTZ & Cornelia PÃTRU, 2018. "Foreign Language Education in ASE Bucharest – A Quantitative Approach," PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, vol. 1(1), pages 322-333, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:conase:v:1:y:2018:i:1:p:322-333
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