The paper analyses how students in the fields of business and economics perceive the potential benefits of learning foreign languages, their attitudes towards learning foreign languages, and the nature of their experiences with foreign language learning. The results obtained between January and April 2021 using an online survey with a sample of 272 students from the School of Economics and Business Ljubljana show that the surveyed population often needs to know how to communicate in a foreign language. Employees, especially those in positions where higher education is required, are more aware of this need than those who are either unemployed or those in jobs that do not require a higher level of education. Likewise, the perception of the need for foreign language skills increases with the level of study. The participants perceive language learning as a means that equally contributes to personality development and greater employability, but also believe that the curriculum should be designed in a way that will evenly include both individual and group forms of learning.
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