Learning english: importance and satisfaction case student’s aquaculture and agroindustrial center, Gaira, Magdalena regional

Abstract

In Colombia, policies have been established to promote educational internationalization, for this reason in recent years it has been thought that students develop global skills. This is how the Ministry of Education creates the National Bilingualism Program (PNB) 2014-2019, with new competence standards, according to the Common European Framework of Reference. The appropriation of a foreign language implies a variety of factors that affect its acquisition in a positive or negative way; same that can be, among others, emotional, demographic, internal and external of the learner. This study seeks to answer the question: What are the factors that affect satisfaction with learning English as a foreign language? emphasizing the determinants of thematic content of English skills, methodology, infrastructure, teacher and student performance.; developed at SENA, Magdalena Regional, Gaira Aquaculture and Agroindustrial Center -CAAG-. It is concluded that the apprentices, in general terms, expressed a highly favorable reaction (90%), regarding the importance they give to the elements that were submitted to evaluation. In turn, they showed levels of satisfaction for learning English as a foreign language in the components grouped in the second part of the questionnaire, establishing a general average of satisfaction of 54%.