VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ILANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES, PHAN THỊ THU HA DEVELOPING ESP SUPPLEMENTARY READING EXERCISES FOR SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS AT FACULTY OF NURSING, PIIU TIO MEDICAL COLLEGE XÂY DỰNG CÁC BÀI TẬP ĐỌC BO TRO TIENG ANH CHUYEN NGANH CHO SINH VIEN NAM THU HAL TAL KHOA DIEU DUONG, TRƯỜNG CAO DÁNG V TẾ PHÚ THỌ MINOR PROGRAM THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 TIANOT, 69-2012 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ILANOL UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES, PHAN THỊ THU HA DEVELOPING ESP SUPPLEMENTARY READING EXERCISES FOR SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS AT FACULTY OF NURSING, PIIU THO MEDICAL COLLEGE XÂY DỰNG CÁC BÀI TẬP BOC BO TRO TIENG ANH CHUYEN NGANH CHO SINH VIÊN NAM TI ILA TAI KIIOA DIEU DUGNG, TRUONG CAO BANG Y TE PHU THO MINOR PROGRAM THESIS Ficld: English Teaching Methodology Code: 601410 Supervisor: Dr. Duong Thi Nu HANOL, 69-2012 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS - BSP: English for Specific Purposes - PTMC: Phu Tho Medical College - EMP: English for Medical Purposes -L2: Second Language - U.K: United Kingdom - EFL: English as a Foreign Language - T: Teachers - 8: Students - N: mumber of the teachers’ students - P: percentage of the loachers/ studenls TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEME! ASTRACT LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLUS. LIST OF FIGURES PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale of the study.
Objectives of the study: kỳ 3. Research questions bờ 4, Scope of the study. Research Methodology bà 6. Significance of the study.
Design of the study. PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAT.1, Am overview of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English for Medical Purposes (EMP) 1. An overview of materials development in language teaching ~~ 1. Materials and materials development.
Definition of materials 1. Materials evaluation and its criteria 1. An overview of reading comprehension in teaching ESP PART A: INTRODUCTION: 1. Rationale of the study Tt is underdable that English now is one of the most commonly used languages throughout the world.
In Vietnam, with the changes and the development of the economy and society, as well as the implementation of the open-door policy, Fnglish bas been used more and more widely. Tmporlanlly, it has influenced on our education curriculum as a compulsory subject. In recent years, there has been a global increase in the number of language teachers who are required 10 teach Finglish to students from various fields such as engineering, information science, medicine, accounting, etc to enable them to cope with their academic work. This type of English is called English for Specific Purpose (ESP).
Since ESP was introduced, it. has allracted the allention of many language instructors. Furlhermore, the idea of ESP has been welcomed by staffs of universities who have seen the great benefits of learning ESP. In addition, it is to meet the learners’ needs for better roading of specialized books in Fnglish and for more suceess[ul job porformuanes in the future.
The English language program al Phu Tho Medical College (PTMC) is designed to be composed of two major stages. The first stage is called English for General Purposes, focusing on developing students’ ability to communicate in Foglish al a vory simple level. The second stage is ESP, omphasizing the development of students” linguistic skills that are linked to their fubure occupational purposes, After having taught English at PTMC for 3 years, the researcher finds that although the currently used teaching coursebook for ESP has shown a great deal of improvement, it still has some problems with reading exercises. Some are too easy for students whereas some make students bored.
Therefore, it does not help students improve their reading skill much. Th this ¢: the main task for the leachers is developing teaching materials to improve students” reading skill. In order to do this, the teachers need to evaluate every unit to see what the problems are and then, try ta think of the ways to improve them, There are many things thai the Ieachers ean do to improve the units. They can be looking for supplementary materials from different sources, changing the procedures of teaching, designing activities to imotivale the slidents, clo.
One of the effective ways is developing supplementary materials. The above mentioned reasons lead me to my choice of the study Developing ESP Supplementary Reading Exercises for second-year students at Faculty of Nursing, Phu Tho Medical College. Objectives of the sludy The study aims to: - develop a theoretical framework which is appropriale for the development of ESP supplementary reading exercises for second-year students of nursing, P!MC. - investigate and analyze the needs of ESP students of nursing and ESP teachers, PTMC to serve as a practical base for developing ESP supplementary reading exercises.
- propose ESP supplementary reading exercises for second-year students at Faculty of Nursing, PTMC, which can mel. both teachers and students’ needs. Rescarch questions On canying out the research, the following research questions are lo be answered: - What are the reading needs of the nursing students at PIMC? - Which reading exercises should be supplemented for second-year sludents al Faculty of Nursing, PIMC? 4, Scope of the study As the current coursebook is compulsory, this study is intended to focus on supplement only. In the scope of this study, only HSP supplementary reading exercises, which are suitable for the local situation of PTMC, are proposed.
Moreover, they are inlended for only the seconcl-year students of nursing. Research Methodology The study is based on a survey research, which involves a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to obtain its objectives. To begin with, am PART A: INTRODUCTION: 1. Rationale of the study Tt is underdable that English now is one of the most commonly used languages throughout the world.
In Vietnam, with the changes and the development of the economy and society, as well as the implementation of the open-door policy, Fnglish bas been used more and more widely. Tmporlanlly, it has influenced on our education curriculum as a compulsory subject. In recent years, there has been a global increase in the number of language teachers who are required 10 teach Finglish to students from various fields such as engineering, information science, medicine, accounting, etc to enable them to cope with their academic work. This type of English is called English for Specific Purpose (ESP).
Since ESP was introduced, it. has allracted the allention of many language instructors. Furlhermore, the idea of ESP has been welcomed by staffs of universities who have seen the great benefits of learning ESP. In addition, it is to meet the learners’ needs for better roading of specialized books in Fnglish and for more suceess[ul job porformuanes in the future.
The English language program al Phu Tho Medical College (PTMC) is designed to be composed of two major stages. The first stage is called English for General Purposes, focusing on developing students’ ability to communicate in Foglish al a vory simple level. The second stage is ESP, omphasizing the development of students” linguistic skills that are linked to their fubure occupational purposes, After having taught English at PTMC for 3 years, the researcher finds that although the currently used teaching coursebook for ESP has shown a great deal of improvement, it still has some problems with reading exercises. Some are too easy for students whereas some make students bored.
Therefore, it does not help students improve their reading skill much. Th this ¢: the main task for the leachers is developing teaching materials to improve students” reading skill. In order to do this, the teachers need to evaluate every unit to see what the problems are and then, try ta think of the ways to improve them, There are many things thai the Ieachers ean do PART A: INTRODUCTION: 1. Rationale of the study Tt is underdable that English now is one of the most commonly used languages throughout the world.
In Vietnam, with the changes and the development of the economy and society, as well as the implementation of the open-door policy, Fnglish bas been used more and more widely. Tmporlanlly, it has influenced on our education curriculum as a compulsory subject. In recent years, there has been a global increase in the number of language teachers who are required 10 teach Finglish to students from various fields such as engineering, information science, medicine, accounting, etc to enable them to cope with their academic work. This type of English is called English for Specific Purpose (ESP).
Since ESP was introduced, it. has allracted the allention of many language instructors. Furlhermore, the idea of ESP has been welcomed by staffs of universities who have seen the great benefits of learning ESP. In addition, it is to meet the learners’ needs for better roading of specialized books in Fnglish and for more suceess[ul job porformuanes in the future.
The English language program al Phu Tho Medical College (PTMC) is designed to be composed of two major stages. The first stage is called English for General Purposes, focusing on developing students’ ability to communicate in Foglish al a vory simple level. The second stage is ESP, omphasizing the development of students” linguistic skills that are linked to their fubure occupational purposes, After having taught English at PTMC for 3 years, the researcher finds that although the currently used teaching coursebook for ESP has shown a great deal of improvement, it still has some problems with reading exercises. Some are too easy for students whereas some make students bored.
Therefore, it does not help students improve their reading skill much. Th this ¢: the main task for the leachers is developing teaching materials to improve students” reading skill. In order to do this, the teachers need to evaluate every unit to see what the problems are and then, try ta think of the ways to improve them, There are many things thai the Ieachers ean do to improve the units. They can be looking for supplementary materials from different sources, changing the procedures of teaching, designing activities to imotivale the slidents, clo.
One of the effective ways is developing supplementary materials. The above mentioned reasons lead me to my choice of the study Developing ESP Supplementary Reading Exercises for second-year students at Faculty of Nursing, Phu Tho Medical College. Objectives of the sludy The study aims to: - develop a theoretical framework which is appropriale for the development of ESP supplementary reading exercises for second-year students of nursing, P!MC. - investigate and analyze the needs of ESP students of nursing and ESP teachers, PTMC to serve as a practical base for developing ESP supplementary reading exercises.
- propose ESP supplementary reading exercises for second-year students at Faculty of Nursing, PTMC, which can mel. both teachers and students’ needs. Rescarch questions On canying out the research, the following research questions are lo be answered: - What are the reading needs of the nursing students at PIMC? - Which reading exercises should be supplemented for second-year sludents al Faculty of Nursing, PIMC? 4, Scope of the study As the current coursebook is compulsory, this study is intended to focus on supplement only. In the scope of this study, only HSP supplementary reading exercises, which are suitable for the local situation of PTMC, are proposed.
Moreover, they are inlended for only the seconcl-year students of nursing. Research Methodology The study is based on a survey research, which involves a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to obtain its objectives. To begin with, am TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEME! ASTRACT LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLUS. LIST OF FIGURES PART A: INTRODUCTION 1.
Rationale of the study. Objectives of the study: kỳ 3. Research questions bờ 4, Scope of the study. Research Methodology bà 6.
Significance of the study. Design of the study. PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAT.1, Am overview of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English for Medical Purposes (EMP) 1. An overview of materials development in language teaching ~~ 1.
Materials and materials development.
