| Summary: | 碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 應用外語研究所 === 98 === ABSTRACT
In recent years, the study of employers’ perceptions toward graduates’ performance is getting considerable attention from both Ministry of Education and colleges/ universities in Taiwan. This study was to investigate the perceptions of both employers and university faculty about professional skills, knowledge content, and employability needed by employers and provided by the Department of Applied Foreign Languages at Chaoyang University of Technology (CYUT) in Taiwan. The quantitative research was implemented from 2009 to 2010 academic years. An employer satisfaction survey was sent to the employers who hire CYUT graduates as employees and the curriculum importance survey for the faculty was responded by the faculty members. Data from 74 employers and 22 faculty members were analyzed by descriptive statistics, paired samples t-tests, and independent samples t-tests. Results indicated that (1) over 90% of employers would be satisfied with CYUT graduates as their employees at work; (2) over 90% employers agreed CYUT graduates were well-prepared on foreign languages and general skills, professional knowledge and judgment, quality of work, and particular skills; and (3) there were significant differences between employers and faculty members because faculty members rated importance of every category extremely higher than employers did. Pedagogical and theoretical implications are provided at the end of the study. The findings of this study may provide an effective assessment and feedback for the Department of Applied Foreign Languages at Chaoyang University of Technology.
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