Listening Instruction for ESP: Exploring Nursing Education Where English is a Lingua Franca

Tweedie, M. Gregory; Johnson, Robert C.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63444-9_5

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“…This intersection may occur as medical professionals find employment in countries where English holds a preponderant position as a native language such as the USA, or it may occur in nations where English functions as a prominent additional language but retains a “norm dependent” stance, such as Saudi Arabia (Mahboob & Elyas, , p. 135), where native speaker linguistic norms are deferred to. The migration of health care workers sets the stage for English users from differing L1s to interact (Qatar, for example; see Tweedie & Johnson, ). In medical environments, where English is used as a vehicular language for speakers of multiple L1s, the resultant interactions are anticipated to be consistent with the features of ELF.…”

Section: Background: Nurse Migration and English As A Lingua Francamentioning

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“…In a previous study, the authors (Tweedie & Johnson, ) utilized Smith and Nelson's () intelligibility framework to analyze a role play exchange between nurses of different L1s negotiating a hospital patient handover simulation. Analysis of the exchange by nursing instructors revealed areas of L2 intelligibility that posed a threat to patient safety: through medication word misrecognition (both dosages and frequency) and from lexical and syntactic imprecision.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One study referred to a transnational branch campus in a GCC country where analysis of a health care assessment scenario revealed language misunderstandings that could impact patient safety, yet an institutional needs analysis had determined that aural skills were not a factor in student success (Tweedie and Johnson, ). We viewed publicly available language support course curriculum documents at multiple GCC state nursing education institutions and found that only one hinted at language instruction which evidenced cognizance of the M/ELF environment.…”

Section: Elf and Nursing Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Research directions in medical English as a lingua franca (MELF)

Tweedie

Johnson²

2019

Language and Linguist. Compass

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This article asserts that medical English as a lingua franca (MELF) represents an important direction for future research in ELF. The flow of health care workers across international borders and the role of English as the dominant language of international communication and medicine position MELF interactions as increasingly common in medical contexts worldwide. Research is called for with respect to the relationship of MELF to ELF, and specifically whether ELF linguistic features and pragmatic strategies are incorporated in medical contexts, where communicative immediacy and precision figure centrally. Since criticisms of ELF research include its relatively narrow contexts for study (to date mostly European and on a lesser scale East Asian) and its limited domains (higher education and business), MELF presents an opportunity to expand the research scope of ELF considerably. While suggesting that migrant destinations like the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council represent especially relevant sites for researching MELF, the article argues that a definition of ELF that includes native speaker interactions allows for the possibility of MELF research where English is considered a dominant native language. Concerns over the effect of miscommunication on patient safety are well researched in health care disciplines, and so a fuller understanding of MELF may assist in the delivery of safe and effective patient care within the linguistic complexity characterizing health care.

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Section: Background: Nurse Migration and English As A Lingua Francamentioning

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Section: Migrant Destinations and (M)elfmentioning

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Research directions in medical English as a lingua franca (MELF)

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2019

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“…Usually, students are allowed to have interpersonal interaction, to share and exchange peer examinations and share contributions between each other. For example, in order to increase the opportunities for language speaking and sharing, many CLT advocators tend to employ role-play activities (Tweedie & Johnson, 2018), presentations between groups and classmates (Dimond-Bayir, Russell, Blackwell, & Flores, 2017), problem-based learning (Da Silva Cintra & Bittencourt, 2015; San-Valero et al, 2019) technologicalassisted strategies and visual-only video teaching strategies (Dos Santos, 2019a; Dos Santos, 2019b), which allow students, classmates, peers, and even teachers to merge into the teaching and learning environment.…”

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“…In fact, the CLT approach may connect to different classroom activities and tools, such as discussion (Dos Santos, 2017b), group sharing (Alrashidi & Phan, 2015), problem-based learning (Da Silva Cintra & Bittencourt, 2015) and even role-play learning (Tweedie & Johnson, 2018). However, some researchers (Taguchi, Magid, & Papi, 2009) argue how teachers can develop and design curriculums and syllabuses that can merge the CLT approach.…”

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The Discussion of Communicative Language Teaching Approach in Language Classrooms

Santos

2020

Journal of Education and e-Learning Research

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Teaching language with effective theories, directions and ways of instructing is a vital topic in the current fields of teaching and learning. Locating the most appropriate and effective teaching and learning methodologies and strategies for a given situation is important for language learning classrooms. Over the years, many theories have been created to meet the needs of the learners of that time period. However, due to the rapid development of social and cultural environments, a large number of contemporary theories have been developed and employed in a variety of different approaches and applications. This paper is a literature review paper which discusses the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach, together with relevant teaching and learning methodologies and strategies. The purpose of this paper is to outline advantages, disadvantages and applications of CLT. The researcher reviewed some historical and some current papers relating to how a CLT approach can be beneficial in the current classroom environment. The result of this paper was provision of an effective overview which applies to language teachers to assist in locating and establishing appropriate teaching and learning strategies for their students with different social and cultural backgrounds.

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Co-construction of Cognitive Empathy between Student Doctors and Simulated Patients in English as a Lingua Franca

Nozawa

2019

English as a Lingua Franca in Japan

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Listening Instruction for ESP: Exploring Nursing Education Where English is a Lingua Franca

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Research directions in medical English as a lingua franca (MELF)

Research directions in medical English as a lingua franca (MELF)

The Discussion of Communicative Language Teaching Approach in Language Classrooms

Co-construction of Cognitive Empathy between Student Doctors and Simulated Patients in English as a Lingua Franca

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