Effectiveness of ESP Based Learning: Teaching Work Related English to Medical Secretary Studies Students

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This paper was concerned with designing an English for occupational purposes (EOP) course for 3rd grade medical secretary studies students. The authors examined both the needs of the students taking the course and the target workplace in order to produce suitable materials. This research identified some of the English skills necessary for medical secretaries to work in Japan. The authors found that tailoring material to the student group was effective and enhanced levels of motivation during activities, however, few students reached a high level of confidence performing the tasks. The authors suggest this may be because there is a large gap between the skills necessary to perform work activities and the level of students' English competency on entering the course. In order to bridge this gap, the authors suggested two possible strategies: either reducing the complexity of the skills that need to be mastered within a 15-week course, or dividing the skills into basic and advanced levels and teaching the course over two 15-week courses.
川崎医療福祉大学の論文