A Need Analysis of English for Specific Purpose Teaching Material for Nursing Students at STIKES Mercubaktijaya Padang
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_41How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Need analysis; Teaching material; Nursing
- Abstract
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has been discussed for a long time around the world in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). Teaching English based on students’ needs is important particularly for those learners who learn English beyond the academic purposes such as vocational high school students. This research aimed at identifies needs analysis of English for nursing students at Stikes Mercubaktijaya Padang. The focus of this study was findings students’ needs in learning English for nurse, where teaching learning material relevant to students’ needs, current material was provided students with the skill to deal with their English references which are relevant to their needs. The data were collected through questionnaire. The informant of this research were students and lecturer. The result of this study shows that speaking as the most important skill to nursing students. Lecturer in teaching English is not enough referred to students’ needs however the materials were not fully applied. Doing analyzing of language needs in English for students for specific purposes is recommended to meet the diversified needs of the students and have to revise material based on students’ needs.
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TY - CONF AU - Nurul Asfa Riza AU - Ratmanida PY - 2023 DA - 2023/12/30 TI - A Need Analysis of English for Specific Purpose Teaching Material for Nursing Students at STIKES Mercubaktijaya Padang BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 286 EP - 291 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_41 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_41 ID - Riza2023 ER -