EU English Research Papers - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

The contemporary power of English makes itself felt in many fields such as politics, commerce, media, technology, academia, the internet, defence, transport, and most aspects of life. The thesis aims to confirm the dominant position of English in the context of the language policy of the EU. Moreover, the position of English as the first foreign language within the environment of the tertiary education is further explored through the survey conducted at the University of Economics in Bratislava the results of which are further compared against other European countries. The thesis contains three chapters dealing with obsahovo zodpovedajúcich napĺňaniu parciálnych cieľov práce. The text is supplemented with 8 tables, 40 graphs, 1 picture and 4 appendices to illustrate the content and provide additional information. The first chapter gives a retrospective overview of the EU language policy development, its main documents and concepts related to our topic. The second chapter defines the main aim and partial aims of the thesis, methodology, methods of research and research tools. The third chapter constitutes the central part of the thesis as it presents the findings from a research conducted in university environment, which aimed at students´ preferences towards English for Professional Purpose courses. It further compares the aspects from results in broader circle with othe EU states. The conclusion succintly summarizes the results, assesses the viability of hypotheses, provides discussion and evaluates the extent of aim attainment. In the outcome we are firm to assert, that, despite the policy of multilingvism, promoting the learning a variety of languages, the position of English in the context of language policy of the EU and as the first foreign language in Slovakia and the EU is rather dominant.