The quality of the Academic Performance in the Study of English of University Students
The quality of the Academic Performance in the Study of English of University Students

Summary/Abstract: The study presents the level of English-language competence of pedagogical students as part of their academic preparation. Foreign language competence is ranked among the major proficiencies of future teachers in Bulgaria. The criteria for language acquisition of the students are in accordance with the European Language Framework and these were used to establish the linguistic acquisition of the students at the end of their first academic year. The purpose of the executed study was to determine the quality of the academic preparation in English of students from the specialty Primary School Education with a Foreign Language at the Faculty of Education at Trakia University. The results of a specially designed and evaluated test revealed that the students had difficulty with the correct usage of the English tense system but excelled at the reading and listening comprehension tasks. The findings showed considerable advance in academic performance of the students throughout their first year at university.

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