TAILIEUCHUNG - A survey on the quality of curriculum through the evaluation of English major alumni at An Giang university to meet the employers’ needs

The study aims to explore how the alumni students who studied at An Giang University (AGU), Vietnam from 2010 to 2015 and graduated from the two majors of English Teacher Education and English Linguistics have met the needs of employers. The study was conducted on 172 AGU alumni students. The mixed-method of qualitative and quantitative research was employed in this study. | An Giang University Journal of Science – 2017, Vol. 5 (2), 100 – 106 A SURVEY ON THE QUALITY OF CURRICULUM THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF ENGLISH-MAJOR ALUMNI AT AN GIANG UNIVERSITY TO MEET THE EMPLOYERS’ NEEDS Le Thi Linh Giang1, Chau Soryaly1, Chau Khon1, Lam Tran Son Ngoc Thien Chuong1 1 An Giang University Information: Received: 02/03/2017 Accepted: 15/04/2017 Published: 06/2017 Keywords: Alumni students, curriculum, job’s satisfaction, employers’ needs ABSTRACT The study aims to explore how the alumni students who studied at An Giang University (AGU), Vietnam from 2010 to 2015 and graduated from the two majors of English Teacher Education and English Linguistics have met the needs of employers. The study was conducted on 172 AGU alumni students. The mixed-method of qualitative and quantitative research was employed in this study. The quality of training program of the two above majors has been evaluated regarding the capacity of undergraduate students, including specialized knowledge and professional capacity. The validity of training program or curriculum was also examined to measure satisfaction of AGU alumni students meeting job’s requirements and employers’ needs. The finding pointed out of AGU’s alumini students agreed that they were much satisfied with curriculum of the two majors since they could apply what they learned at the university into their current jobs, while of others said that they were less satisfied, and only of them totally agreed that what they learned was invaluable to them. The finding of this study also addressed that the AGU’s Foreign Language Department should set up a considerable plan to review and adjust the curriculum to satisfy different demands of employers during the process of educating and training students at AGU. program and demands of labor markets. Regarding the issue, the authors conducted a survey to collect students’ feedback on the quality of the curriculum at AGU. Based on the survey’s results, the .

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