The aim of this research project is to identify the opinions about the teaching which final year students studying to be English teachers have received during their degree at a Chilean university.The methodology used to collect information was semi-structured interviews.The processing of data was performed by means of a content analysis, where the codification and categorisation of the information was aided by the qualitative analysis software programme Atlas.ti.The results indicate that the participants' opinions about teaching are marked by a traditional and communicative focus of the language.