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BENAVIDES, Jorge Eliecer. Level of English in Colombian Higher Education: A Decade of Stagnation. profile [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.1, pp.57-73.  Epub 08-Fev-2021. ISSN 1657-0790.  https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v23n1.83135.

This article analyzes the results of the Saber Pro, the state exam for students completing higher education, during 2007-2017 concerning the English language section. This analysis uses the reports and databases from the Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación (ICFES) repository and explains the policy in its historical context. The results warn of a quite worrying picture between the goals established by the Ministry of Education and the final achievements. The level of English of future Colombian professionals is not only very low but also without improvement from its beginnings in 2007 to 2017. As a conclusion, it would be necessary to review, from the universities’ perspective, the language educational policy and propose bottom-up structural alternatives that allow a sustained impulse in teacher training, methodology, and curricular and pedagogical organization.

Palavras-chave : achievement gains; educational policy; Colombian university students; language tests; proficiency tests.

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