Vargas Gonzáles, Jorge YezidAcevedo Cardona, Carlos AndrésBecerra Cundumi, Carlos AndrésMuños Celis, Andrés Alfonso2021-11-232021-11-232014https://repositorio.ecci.edu.co/handle/001/2174Spanish as a native language deserves an important place inside the process in Modern Languages students. In order to clarify this aspect about the use or the speech of it as relevant in the major at ECCI, it developed an idea to perceive different opinions and points of view of students according to their training during the final stage of their professional cycle. The participants were the main support to put into practice the qualitative method, where, each category reflected positives aspects related to the native language. These aspects allowed underlining the importance of native language as support to learn a foreign language as well as to improve the curriculum of this major. Additionally the results showed that the students have a big interest for the first language and take a special attention to learn a foreign one.CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Statement of the problem Problematic situation Problem description Problem formulation Research question General objective Specific objectives Rationale CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK What is the meaning of native language National studies International studies CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK Method of investigation Type of study Research context and participants Data collection instruments and procedures Data collections instruments Procedure CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS Modern Languages Students show a good use of native language in different contexts Good use of native language motivates a good learning of a second language Reading is the best tool to master or improve the first language Individual uses and personal commitments of communication skills CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Conclusions CHAPTER 6 LIMITATIONS AND QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCHES REFERENCES APPENDICES Survey in native language Link google docs Surveys analysis Interview Interview recordings Link google docs Interviews Color coding Surveys Codes Codes reference with surveys and interviews74 p.application/pdfengDerechos Reservados - Universidad ECCI , 2014Trabajo de grado - Pregradoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLenguaje nativoEstudiantesNative languageStudentshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2