The Language Policy of Learning English as Support to the Internationalization Management of the Autonomous University of Baja California [Mexico

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this work is to provide the management actions of internationalization and teaching of the English language carried out by Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC). In the first place, concepts of soft skills (softskills), linguistic, digital, socio-emotional and environmental are described that the student learns in an interdisciplinary way when learning a foreign language and must have associations in the disciplinary field and its relationship with the language policy of English teaching. Secondly, the results of the strategies used by the UABC to promote student exchange are analyzed. Theoretical Framework: The theories that support this study are the language policy by Cooper (1997) and Arnoux & Bein (2015) related to the way English is learned at the UABC and how the internationalization policy makes you participate in it. For this reason, the results of the strategies used by the UABC to promote student exchange at the UABC are analyzed. Methodology: This study focuses on the quantitative-descriptive methodology using a 15-item survey addressed to 100 students to collect information on the improvement of English during the student exchange. The results were plotted in an .xlsx matrix; the instrument that was validated under the calculation and interpretation of Cronbach's Alpha (1951). That is, through the variance of the items used in MS Excel with the statistical package SPSS (22). Results and conclusions: An explicit language policy proposal is presented in the short term from an institutional perspective of the UABC, which will have an impact on having highly qualified graduates towards a successful labor insertion. Research implications: The main contribution of this study is to make known the importance of the role of learning the English language during university studies and the benefits that the student brings when participating in the student exchange in English-speaking countries. Originality/value: This research contributes significantly to the scientific knowledge of student exchange management and, consequently, the impact of learning English at the University so that graduates have direct access to a secure job.