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HUE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES  ESP ASSIGNMENT Instructor: PhD Truong Bach Le Postgraduate: Doan Ton Bao Phuc Thua Thien Hue, 31 March 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS I II Introduction Statement of situation ………………………………………… Needs analysis ………………………………………………… View of language learning in ESP …………………………… Sample lesson plan ………………………………………………… REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………… APPENDICES ……………………………………………………… Đồn Tơn Bảo Phúc ESP Assignment LESSON PLAN FOR MEDICAL DOCTORS  I Introduction The role and the importance of health care systems in the quality of life and social welfare in modern society have been broadly well recognized English is now the global lingua franca because the increasing numbers of people in the world is acquiring English as an additional language and the growing number of native speakers is rising tremendously It is also used as a crucial role in a particular community and as in the case of the medical professions and this will help those who want to become a healthcare professional Consequently, the growing demand for both teaching and learning English in the medical doctor field is an example of English of Specific Purpose (ESP) Therefore, the central objective of this paper is to create a course proposal for the doctors from Nha Trang Hospital that are going to attend a practical training in Australia next September in order to help them learn the medical field not only general purposes but also specific ones Situation of problem The learners of the course is a group of 15 young doctors who are going to attend the training in Australia in September 2017 Though they have joined many classes at English centers, their English skills or proficiency is relatively limited and need to be highly facilitated in order to effectively converse well with the foreigners in the imminent training The course is considered conducting with 45 periods and there will be periods per week and it comprises four major components: Listening & Speaking, Reading & Medical Terminology At the end of the course, there will be periods for consolidation section and an end-of-term examination so as to evaluate the learners’ acquisition during the course A teacher of English will be in charge of lecturing the course for the purpose of providing the learners with a number of useful lessons that are highly beneficial for not Đồn Tơn Bảo Phúc ESP Assignment only their careers to effectively tackle with daily conversation but also their oral proficiency with medical terminology or expressions It is inevitable that a needs analysis must be made in order to make the course become obtainable Needs analysis Needs analysis has a significant role in the process of designing and carrying out any language courses Bowers (1980) states that "The first step in any language teaching project must surely be to design a syllabus that will reflect the language needs and wishes of the learner concerned, and that will accord with a responsible theory of language learning" According to Bowers’ definition, identifying the learners’ learning targets at the beginning of the course is really indispensable for the purpose of helping the learners obtain their objectives during the learning process Therefore, it is indisputable that the teacher can decide what she needs to focus in the syllabus, what the primary information to include during the course and what pedagogical methodology needs to be applied during the teaching process There are a number of methods in which information can be gathered to identify the learners’ needs and the most frequently used is questionnaires In this pre-course design stage, the purpose of using questionnaire is to focus on the learners’ background knowledge, their learning style, their targets of learning English, etc In addition, group interviews with various open-ended questions will be carried out in order to obtain information from the learner’ response and evaluate their oral proficiency and listening skills The data from questionnaires and interviews then will be analyzed for the purpose of identifying their current language levels, goals of learning English or which skills are most preferable, etc Consequently, these kinds of information will be tremendously useful for the teacher to design a course syllabus, choose appropriate content or activities during the course or make any minor or major adjustments if necessary View of language learning in ESP Đồn Tơn Bảo Phúc ESP Assignment From perspectives about ESP from a handful of researchers such as Nunan (2004), Dudley-Evans and St John (1998), Holme (1996), Barnard and Zemach (2003), Basturkmen (2010) states that "ESP courses are narrower in focus than general ELT courses because they center on analysis of learners' needs” Therefore, it can be understandable from Basturkmen’s statement that language learning in ESP must be in collaboration with the authentic materials and language usage that are highly appropriate for the hands-on working environments In other words, ESP will put emphasis on the essential language skills for the purpose of helping the learners to work or study efficiently in their real environment (Basturkmen, 2010) The content and activities of the course will be aimed at achieving targets and learners’ needs as in the following framework According to the abovementioned introduction, the course will focus on developing the learners’ communicative competence and their knowledge of the medical field The group of doctors shoulder their primary responsibilities pertaining to diagnosing symptoms, monitoring and administering medication, undertaking patients’ physical examinations or organizing workloads Consequently, it a good idea to integrate a themebased lesson with task-based syllabus The course will be aimed at assisting the learners’ in their career and everyday activities at the hospital such as conversing with foreign people or partners from other countries when having a press conference or dealing with different matters concerning to medical examination or case histories The course also comprises a number of teaching techniques such as individual work, pair work or group work with various activities like discussion, presentation, interviews, etc From the ideas above, I would like to design a sample lesson plan for my illustration Đồn Tơn Bảo Phúc ESP Assignment LESSON PLAN   Date of design:  Class: Young doctors at Nha  Trang Hospital Lesson 1: Reading    Date of teaching: Room: BIII.2 Topic: PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS Time allotted: 45 minutes  Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to achieve learning skills in terms of three following aspects:  Learners will enlarge new vocabulary through the pictures and given  examples Learners will be able to enhance their speaking skills by discussing the patients’ symptoms and put forward appropriate solutions in two or three sentences  Develop critical and logical thinking skills  Teaching aids: PowerPoint, flashcards and handouts  Materials:  “Career Paths: Medical” textbook of Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley and  Trang M Tran Various short clips on YouTube are used as illustration during warm-up activity  Procedure: Time/ Stage Warm-up (5 mins) Teacher’ activities Learners’ activities - Greet the class - Introduce the activity by using the Total - Learners will listen to the Physical Response method and explain the word and exactly what instructions - The purpose of this activity is to warm up the T is doing the class and let learners perform the teacher’s actions and this will help the “GUESS THE NAME OF THE TOPIC” learners guess the name of the lesson  Lead-in questions Can you ignore the early-onset symptoms of your illnesses? Do you think that physical examinations are vital for your  Clues diagnose/ diagnosis/ health centre/ first aid/ medication, etc health condition? Give the reasons  This will help the learners practise their brainstorming skills and let them freely express ideas Provide new vocabulary for students Pre-reading (10 mins)  Learners will guess the through pictures with complete sentences meaning of new and ask them to guess the meaning of new vocabulary based on the words based on the pictures pictures and the given sentences  Learners will learn how Vocabulary: Symptom (n) Organ (n) Stethoscope (n) Abnormal (a) Pulse (n) to pronounce these words based on given phonetics For example: A second nurse takes my blood pressure and checks my pulse  Ask the class to repeat each word two times after the teacher  Let learners work in groups of four to ACTIVITY “Match The Words in Column A with Their complete the Activity in minutes  The purpose of this activity is to help students clearly understand the meaning of new words Answers 1-c 4-a Learners work in pairs to match the words in column A with their definition in column B to thoroughly understand all new vocabulary in the lesson Definitions in Column B” 2-d 3-b  ACTIVITY 5-e Let the learners work in groups of  Learners this four the Activity to complete the exercise in groups “Complete the sentences with the words in Activity of four to fill in the sentences with By doing this, learners will know blank and complete the words/ how to use new words properly and accurately the sentences by phrases in the previous Activity 1”   Whilereading (15 mins)  Answers Pulse Abnormal Stethoscope Organ Symptoms Introduce to the students two  their reading: Skimming and strategies and find out Scanning Give students examples for each the main differences two reading strategies Let students work in pairs to answer Invite two students to read and answer the questions  The purpose of this activity is to review the contents of the passage  Postreading DISCUSSION (8 mins)   Students pay attention to two crucial reading five questions  activity important strategies to boost up strategy to clearly illustrate these Feedback (3 mins) using the words in Tell the class that they are going to between these skills  Students work in pairs to locate the answers by using the two reading strategies  One student will ask a question and his/ her partner will read the answer  Learners work in groups watch a short cartoon clip about of four to discuss the physical examination Let learners work in groups and importance of regular each group will present their perspectives through the video physical examination 6 Homework (4 mins)  Remind students to review new vocabulary and make three  sentences for each word Assign students to write a 150-word essay about the benefits and drawbacks of regular physical examination REFERENCES Bowers, R (1980), The Individual Learner in The General Class In H.B Altman adn C.V James (eds.), Foreign Language Teaching: Meeting Individual Needs, pp 6680 New York: Pergamon Press Basturkmen, H (2010) Developing courses in English for specific purposes New York: Palgrave Macmillan APPENDICES  Handout 1: THE READING TEXT The Purpose of an Annual Physical Exam A physical examination helps your Primary Care Provider (PCP) to determine the general status of your health The exam also gives you a chance to talk to them about any ongoing pain or symptoms that you are experiencing or any other health concerns that you might have A physical examination is recommended at least once a year, especially in people over the age of 50 These exams are also a good way to check cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels These levels may be high without you ever showing any signs or symptoms Regular screening allows your PCP to treat these conditions before they become severe How Is a Physical Examination Performed? Before meeting with your PCP, a nurse will ask you a series of questions regarding your medical history, including any allergies, past surgeries, or symptoms you might have They may also ask about your lifestyle, including if you exercise, smoke, or drink alcohol Your PCP will usually begin the exam by inspecting your body for any unusual marks or growths You may sit or stand during this part of the exam Next, they may have you lie down and will feel your abdomen and other parts of your body When doing this, your PCP is inspecting the consistency, location, size, tenderness, and texture of your individual organs Your PCP will also use the stethoscope to listen your heart to make sure there are no abnormal sounds Your PCP can evaluate your heart and valve function and hear your heart’s rhythm during the exam Your PCP will also use a technique known as “percussion,” tapping the body like it is a drum This technique helps your PCP discover fluid in areas where it shouldn’t be, as well as locate the borders, consistency, and size of organs Your PCP will also check your height, weight, and pulse Handout 2: MATCHING WORDS Activity 1: Match the words in column A with their definitions in column B A B Symptom a Very different from what is usual Organ b An instrument that doctor uses to listen to your heart or breathing Stethoscope c Something wrong with your body Abnormal d A part of the body such as the heart or lungs Pulse e The regular beat that can be felt Handout 3: GAP FILLING Activity 2: Complete the sentences with the words/ phrases in Activity 1 A second nurse takes my blood pressure and checks my _ Peter has _ levels of sugar in the blood A popular family doctor has up the _ and written his final prescription The chosen hospital dispatches a team of doctors to remove the _ We have suggested that the experience of physical _ of anxiety result from stress -Handout 4: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What does PCP stand for? How many stages in a typical physical examination? What are they? How can you infer when the writer says the physical exam is advised to be checked once a year, especially in the people over the age of 50? What does physical exam look at? How can you understand the word “fluid” in the last paragraph? ... minor or major adjustments if necessary View of language learning in ESP Đồn Tơn Bảo Phúc ESP Assignment From perspectives about ESP from a handful of researchers such as Nunan (2004), Dudley-Evans... language learning in ESP …………………………… Sample lesson plan ………………………………………………… REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………… APPENDICES ……………………………………………………… Đoàn Tôn Bảo Phúc ESP Assignment LESSON PLAN... learners with a number of useful lessons that are highly beneficial for not Đồn Tơn Bảo Phúc ESP Assignment only their careers to effectively tackle with daily conversation but also their oral