goals

Program Objectives: The professional nature of the Master's Program in Applied Linguistics to English as a Foreign Language is geared towards achieving the following objectives. General: To train specialists in the area of Applied Linguistics to the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), strengthening and updating high-level competencies that allow specialists to integrate intercultural studies into foreign language teaching and conduct action research in the EFL classroom setting. Specific: 1. To provide students with intellectual tools that allow them to manage a common and up-to-date knowledge base in the area of English language studies, the culture and civilization of English-speaking countries, and literature produced in English. 2. To facilitate students' development of strategies focused on learning English as a foreign language in the various educational contexts—formal and informal—in which they work. 3. To train specialists capable of evaluating and proposing criteria for solving problems within the fields of action served by Applied Linguistics in ILE contexts: language acquisition and development, classroom research, interculturality and bilingualism problems.