Giải pháp và thách thức trong việc dạy và học từ vựng y khoa tại Cao đẳng Y tế Thanh Hóa

Luận văn thạc sĩ y tế phân tích vnu ulis problems and solutions in teaching and learning medical vocabulary at thanhhoa medical, đánh giá thực trạng, chỉ ra hạn chế, đề xuất giải

Chuyên ngành

English Methodology

Người đăng

Ẩn danh

Thể loại

Minor Thesis

2010

53
1
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Phí lưu trữ

30 Point

Mục lục chi tiết

Declaration

Acknowledgement

List of abbreviations

List of figures and tables

Table of content

A. PART A: INTRODUCTION

A.1. Aims of the study

A.2. Scope of the study

A.3. Method of the study

A.4. Design of the study

1. CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1. General knowledge of English for Medical Purposes (EMP)

1.2. Medical English courses

1.3. Vocabulary teaching and learning in EMP

1.3.1. Vocabulary and its role in language teaching and learning

1.3.2. Techniques in presenting new vocabulary

1.3.3. Vocabulary practice

1.3.4. Difficulties in teaching and learning vocabulary

2. CHAPTER 2: CONTEXT OF THE STUDY

2.1. The general review of the teaching and learning EMP at TMC

2.2. Data analysis

3. CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

3.1. Questionnaire for students

3.2. Interview for teachers

3.3. Large and heterogeneous class

3.4. Towards the contextual problems

3.5. Towards the students

3.6. Towards the teachers

3.7. Teaching vocabulary in context

3.7.1. Making use of visual aids

3.7.2. Teaching word parts

3.7.3. Consolidating vocabulary

C. PART C: CONCLUSION

C.1. Summary of the study

C.2. Limitations of the study

C.3. Suggestions for further studies

Reference

Appendix

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ THU THUỶ PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING MEDICAL VOCABULARY AT THANHHOA MEDICAL COLLEGE (Thực trạng và giải pháp trong việc dạy và học từ vựng chuyên ngành y tại trường Cao Đẳng Y tế Thanh Hoá) M. MINOR THESIS Field: English Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Course: K17 Supervisor: Kim Văn Tất Hanoi, 2010 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com vi TABLE OF CONTENT Declaration…………………………………………………………………………… i Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………………. iii List of abbreviations…………………………………………………………………. iv List of figures and tables……………………………………………………………. v Table of content……………………………………………………………………… vi PART A: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………. Aims of the study………………………………………………………. Scope of the study……………………………………………………… 2 5. Method of the study……………………………………………………. Design of the study……………………………………………………. 4 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………. General knowledge of English for Medical Purposes (EMP)………………. ESP vs EMP…………………………………………………………… 4 1. Medical English courses……………………………………………… 5 1. Vocabulary teaching and learning in EMP…………………………………. Vocabulary and its role in language teaching and learning……………. Techniques in presenting new vocabulary……………………………. EMP vocabulary practice and consolidation…………………………… 9 1. Difficulties in teaching and learning vocabulary………………………. 1 0 CHAPTER 2: CONTEXT OF THE STUDY……………………………………. The general review of the teaching and learning EMP at TMC……………. 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Data analysis…………………………………………………………… 1 CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION……………………………………. Questionnaire for students……………………………………………. Interview for teachers…………………………………………………. Large and heterogeneous class………………………………………. Towards the contextual problems……………………………………………. Large and heterogeneous class………………………………………… 1 4. Towards the students…………………………………………………………… 8 4. Towards the teachers…………………………………………………………… 1 4. Teaching vocabulary in context………………………………………. Making use of visual aids……………………………………………… 2 4. Teaching word parts……………………………………………………. Consolidating vocabulary……………………………………………… 2 PART C: CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………. Summary of the study……………………………………………………. Limitations of the study…………………………………………………. Suggestions for further studies……………………………………………. 2 Reference 7 Appendix 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS EGP: English for General Purpose ESP: English for Specific Purposes EMP: English for Medical Purpose TMC: Thanhhoa Medical College LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com v LIST OF FIGURES & TABLES Table 1: Students’ length of English learning Figure 1: Ways of learning vocabulary Figure 2: Students’ management when they meet a new word Figure 3: Problems influenced on students’ motivation and interest Figure 4: Student’s problems when learning vocabulary Table 2: Ways of presenting new words Figure 5: Student’s interest in ways of presenting new words Figure 6: Ways of practicing new words Figure 7: Students’ interest in ways of practicing new words Figure 8: students’ interest in ways of consolidating new words LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 1 PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale One of the main concerns for those of us working in an ESP context is how to help our students deal with (i. understand, extract information, assimilate, evaluate, summarize) authentic academic texts which by their nature require a fairly advanced level of proficiency in order to be understood. By ‗advanced level of proficiency‘ it is meant, in fact, a good vocabulary size, because although it‘s possible to find examples in texts (especially scientific or technical texts) where grammatical structure is crucial to understanding the subtle nuances of meaning, what seems more important for comprehension is knowing what the words mean. As Vermeer (1992: 147) puts it: ―Knowing words is the key to understanding and being understood‖. Vocabulary is like the base of a high building. Without it, nothing can be built. Teachers who have been teaching English in general and English for Specific Purposes in particular must know that at the beginning or in the end, vocabulary is always one of the biggest problems. The English for Medical purposes (EMP) field is no exception. Medical language is a special language. It is made up of vast pool of words and terms that is employed by doctors and nurses in writing medical records and communicating with each other. Questions are increasingly being asked about the role played by the specialized vocabulary needed for academic study. At ThanhHoa Medical College, teaching and learning medical vocabulary are a really challenging job. Medical vocabulary has long been considered a difficult and boring subject by many ESP students at the college. It takes much time and energy to make progress in this field. For ESP teachers, correspondingly, it is difficult task to get students involved in vocabulary explanation even they devoted much time to vocabulary teaching, the results have been disappointing. The question posed for ESP teachers now is how to meet the needs of learners of ESP, especially the needs of improving their vocabulary acquisition for communication. Facing this situation, the teachers of English of ThanhHoa Medical College want to do something new to help students develop vocabulary acquisition. Being one of the teachers there, I would like to do a study to find out an effective way to claim a more satisfactory standing for medical vocabulary for the second-year students at ThanhHoa Medical College, as a result, the minor thesis title goes as: LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 2 “Problems and solutions in teaching and learning medial vocabulary at Thanhhoa Medical College” 2. Aims of the study Medical Vocabulary consists of so many new words and terms that medical students often have difficult time learning and understanding them. The main purpose of the study was to probe problems in teaching and learning medical vocabulary among the teaching staff and the second-year students at ThanhHoa Medical College. Within this purpose the three central objectives were: i) To give a brief overview about teaching and learning medical vocabulary at ThanhHoa Medical College ii) To describe the difficulties perceived by the ESP teachers and second-year students when learning and teaching medical vocabulary. iii) To suggest some solutions to stimulate students and give recommendation for the teachers to improve the teaching of ESP vocabulary at ThanhHoa Medical College. Research questions To achieve these above aims, the following questions were proposed: 1. What are the difficulties perceived by the ESP teachers and second-year students when learning and teaching medical vocabulary? 2. What solutions should be offered to stimulate students and give recommendation for the teachers to improve the teaching of ESP vocabulary at Thanhhoa Medical College? 4. Scope of the study This minor thesis is conducted at Thanhhoa Medical College in order to perceive difficulties in teaching and learning medical vocabulary of both teachers and second-year students. The study focuses on describing the problems and factors causing such challenges as, large-size class, facilities, materials, and students‘ vocabulary acquisition. The researcher would like to offer some appropriate suggestions to better the current context. Method of the study The study was designed to use a combination of various methods to achieve its aims and objectives. To begin with, an extensive review of literature was conducted, critically examining vocabulary‘s role in ESP teaching and learning. Various sources of data were used, involving second-year students and teachers of ESP at ThanhHoa Medical College in order to achieve the aims of the study: LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 3  Conducting a survey questionnaire to investigate students‘ evaluative comments on and attitudes towards teaching and learning medical vocabulary at Thanhhoa Medical College.  Interviewing ESP teachers to get better insight into the research questions. Design of the study The thesis consists of three main parts. The first part introduces the rationale for the study carried out by the researcher, the aims of the study, the research questions, the scope of the study, and the method by which the study was conducted. The second part developed in four chapters. The first chapter reviews relevant literature concerning the general knowledge of English for Medical Purposes and the vocabulary teaching and learning. The second chapter discusses the context and methodology of the study. The results and discussion of the survey are presented in the third chapter, followed by the solutions in the fourth, which are expected to improve the second year students‘ medical vocabulary learning and the teachers‘ medical vocabulary teaching in TMC context. The conclusion serves as a summary of the major issues involved and discusses the implications of the study, limitations of the study and suggestion for further research. LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 4 PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. General knowledge of English for Medical Purposes (EMP) 1. EMP To talk about Problems in teaching and learning medical vocabulary (EMP vocabulary), we need to begin with the definition of ESP or EMP. Pauline Robinson (1980) states that the term of ESP itself has changed its signification during the past years. Formerly standing for English for special purposes, the term now used by ―an increasing number of scholars, practitioners and institutions‖ is English for specific purposes. English for special purposes is thought to suggest special languages, i. restricted languages, which for many people is only a small part of ESP whereas English for specific purpose focuses on the purpose of the learner and refers to the whole range of language resources. Ronald Mackay (1976) states that ESP is generally used to refer to the teaching/learning of a foreign language for a clearly utilitarian purpose of which there is no doubt. Brumfit (1979) says, ―First, it is clear that an ESP course is directly concerned with purposes for which learners need English, purposes which are usually expressed in functional terms‖. ―ESP thus fits firmly within the general movement towards ―communicative‖ teaching of the last decades or so. Krashen (1982) identified what he calls a ―transition problem,‖ which he refers to a perceived gap in the English language and study of learners who have passed through traditional language classes, and those required for study purposes within universities. He agues that subject content-based courses can impart both subject knowledge and language competence at the same time. What he identified was actually what ESP is concerned with. According to Perren (1974), an ESP course is purposeful and aims at the successful performance of occupational or educational roles. It is based on a rigorous analysis of students‘ needs and should be ―tailor-made.‖ Any ESP course may differ from another in its selection of skills, topics, situations and functions, and also language. It is likely to be limited duration. Students are more often adults but not necessarily so, and may be at any level of competence in the language: beginner, post-beginner, intermediate, ect…Student, may take part in their ESP course before embarking on their occupational or educational role, or they may combine their study of English with performance of their role in English as well as in their first language. According to this definition, EMP is a kind of ESP. LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 5 We notice that attention to learners‘ needs is a key element in any definitions of ESP. Therefore, EMP is intended to help the medical student who is planning to study medicine in English. It is assumed that he will have some knowledge of general English but limited experience of studying works in medical English. Medical English English for Medical Purposes (EMP) is one of the genres in English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Class subjects in ESP have been getting widespread among Vietnamese university. ESP has been trying to attain its popularity since the 1990s among Vietnamese university in the growing necessities in ESP genres such as English for economics, business, English for law, and English for Science and Technology (EST). However, class subjects in EMP are still small in number in Vietnam compared to other ESP genres despite the strong need of EMP. Medical language is a special language. It is made up of vast pool of words and terms that is employed by doctors and nurses in writing medical records and communicating with each other. In fact medical students and nursing students have various reasons for learning medical English (Kawagoe, 2009). Doctors need to learn to read and write medical terminology in L2 to complete hospital admission notes, diagnosis, and orders, which, later on, nurses must read, follow in order to carry out nursing interventions and take care of their patients.

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