Morgado, MargaridaGómez Garcia, Luis VicenteGaspar, Marcelo2023-02-232023-02-232019MORGADO, M., GÓMEZ GARCIA, L. V. & CALVETE, M. (2019). Learning a /through a foreign language in higher education: employers and students’ perceptions. Millenium, 2(9), 51-58.ISSNe (versão electrónica•electronic version)1647-662Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/8351Introduction: Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are allegedly preparing students for a globalized working area where people will need to be ready to communicate effectively in one or more foreign languages in international working environments, which puts a lot of pressure on how foreign languages (FL) are learned in Higher Education (HE). Methods: This article explores how a FL or learning through a FL could be approached in HEI, focusing mainly on what employers claim in terms of skills of recent graduates or on-the-job workers. Case studies are used, combining interviews to employers and questionnaires to HE students to find out their perceptions on FL learning requirements for greater employability. Conclusions: A series of recommendations are made for HEI on how to promote students’ employability skills; on the best practices for the development of intercultural communicative competence and FL skills to communicate effectively in international or digitally-mediated working environments; as well as on how to prepare the teaching staff for emerging trends that involve using a FL as medium of instruction or CLIL, a content and language integrated approach. These testify to the importance of learning a FL or through a FL, as well as the need to combine transversal skills development in connection to FL learning.engForeign languages in Higher EducationIntercultural communicative competenceEmployers’ perceptionsStudents’ perceptionsCLILjournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.29352/mill0209.04.00226