Materials for English learning for the students of medical specialties
The current stage of development of Ukraine's international relations with other countries requires a revision of the foreign language teaching process in higher school. Special emphasis should be paid to the effectiveness of foreign language learning. The expansion of international contacts hi...
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State institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K D. Ushynsky”
2023-03-01
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| author | Grigoryev Evgeny Rusalkina Liudmyla |
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| description | The current stage of development of Ukraine's international relations with other countries requires a revision of the foreign language teaching process in higher school. Special emphasis should be paid to the effectiveness of foreign language learning. The expansion of international contacts highlights the need for training a specialist who can communicate with representatives of other countries not only at the domestic level, but also in professional activities. First of all, this concerns specialists in those professions in which there is intercultural communication (international internships, participation in international conferences). The English learning process of many Ukrainian medical colleges and universities is mainly based on non-authentic materials. Few studies have been conducted to explore the implications of authentic and non-authentic materials in learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP), for medicine in particular. The current study explores students’ perception of these resources in learning medical English. In order to optimize the learning process, a comparative analysis of English language manuals for medical professionals was made. The data were obtained on the basis of a questionnaire filled out by medical students of two universities. The students were required to assess different aspects of both authentic and non-authentic materials. The ultimate goal of the analysis is to determine the educational efficiency of the afore-mentioned textbooks and the students’ motivation for English learning. Analyzing the effectiveness of training future medical specialists for professional communication, the following methods were used: descriptive, statistical and empirical methods: observation, testing, and questionnaires. The findings showed that the participants had positive attitudes toward using authentic resources and that they preferred them to non-authentic ones. Authentic resources provide a beneficial effect on the development of students’ language skills in their professional area. The prospects of further studying in the in-depth analysis of different ways of optimizing English language proficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40cb2c8905bf4e8aae62fd003430ed0b2023-09-03T13:52:33ZengState institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K D. Ushynsky”Науковий Вісник Південноукраїнського Національного Педагогічного Університету імені К. Д. Ушинського2414-50762617-66882023-03-011421546010.24195/2617-6688-2023-1-7Materials for English learning for the students of medical specialties Grigoryev Evgeny0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4577-2511Rusalkina Liudmyla 1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-7439PhD in Medicine (Candidate of Medical Sciences), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of clinical disciplines with courses in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology at the International European University Doctor of Sciences (in Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Bioethics and Foreign Languages at the Odessa National Medical University The current stage of development of Ukraine's international relations with other countries requires a revision of the foreign language teaching process in higher school. Special emphasis should be paid to the effectiveness of foreign language learning. The expansion of international contacts highlights the need for training a specialist who can communicate with representatives of other countries not only at the domestic level, but also in professional activities. First of all, this concerns specialists in those professions in which there is intercultural communication (international internships, participation in international conferences). The English learning process of many Ukrainian medical colleges and universities is mainly based on non-authentic materials. Few studies have been conducted to explore the implications of authentic and non-authentic materials in learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP), for medicine in particular. The current study explores students’ perception of these resources in learning medical English. In order to optimize the learning process, a comparative analysis of English language manuals for medical professionals was made. The data were obtained on the basis of a questionnaire filled out by medical students of two universities. The students were required to assess different aspects of both authentic and non-authentic materials. The ultimate goal of the analysis is to determine the educational efficiency of the afore-mentioned textbooks and the students’ motivation for English learning. Analyzing the effectiveness of training future medical specialists for professional communication, the following methods were used: descriptive, statistical and empirical methods: observation, testing, and questionnaires. The findings showed that the participants had positive attitudes toward using authentic resources and that they preferred them to non-authentic ones. Authentic resources provide a beneficial effect on the development of students’ language skills in their professional area. The prospects of further studying in the in-depth analysis of different ways of optimizing English language proficiency. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRq-TOJCNKyLWZMJbEm17vO7FSBK2iV7/viewauthentic textbooksnon-authentic textbooksprofessional communicationenglish for specific purposes (esp). |
| spellingShingle | Grigoryev Evgeny Rusalkina Liudmyla Materials for English learning for the students of medical specialties Науковий Вісник Південноукраїнського Національного Педагогічного Університету імені К. Д. Ушинського authentic textbooks non-authentic textbooks professional communication english for specific purposes (esp). |
| title | Materials for English learning for the students of medical specialties |
| title_full | Materials for English learning for the students of medical specialties |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Materials for English learning for the students of medical specialties |
| title_short | Materials for English learning for the students of medical specialties |
| title_sort | materials for english learning for the students of medical specialties |
| topic | authentic textbooks non-authentic textbooks professional communication english for specific purposes (esp). |
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