Revue Maghrébine des Langues
Volume 11, Numéro 1, Pages 5-13
2020-12-31
Towards Teaching English For Medical Purposes At The Intensive Language Teaching Center Of Mostaganem
Authors : Ould Si Bouziane Sabria .
Abstract
Among the richest and most influential areas in language research is the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP henceforth). It is based on perspectives into learners’ language learning needs which can be adequately measured through needs analysis. Many students at the Intensive Language Teaching Center of Mostagenem come to learn English for many purposes: travelling, business, communicating with English native speakers, studies, understanding movies, leisure and for medical purposes. Medical English is a subject-content area that is taught from medicine and health care perspective on one hand while stressing vocabulary acquisition, grammar, and structure on the other hand. For this reason, this paper aims to identify learners’ needs towards studying English at the center and attempt to design a course to meet their needs. Through analyzing their specific needs, we found that most medical learners had a strong desire to learn English that enables them to publish medical articles, participate in international conferences, and communicate with people who belong to the same community of practice. Besides, they were more motivated to acquire and use the language within their field of interest. Therefore, a course design is planned accordingly.
Keywords
ESP ; needs analysis ; medical English ; corse design
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