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What do Medical Students Need to Learn in Their English Classes? | Karimkhanlouei | Journal of Language Teaching and Research
Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Vol 3, No 3 (2012), 571-577, May 2012
doi:10.4304/jltr.3.3.571-577

What do Medical Students Need to Learn in Their English Classes?

Giti Karimkhanlouei

Abstract


Our long term goal as teachers is to match the content of the courses to the students' needs. The students of medicine are not so positive about the content of their course. Due to the different levels of the students' backgrounds in English classes or ESP classes and regarding the obstacles the instructors are encountered with in what to teach so as to meet the expectations of ESP students a needs analysis can be so helpful, so as to channel the instruction toward the learners' enthusiasm and interest and to make the output worthy A needs analysis assessment is a very beneficial step to reach this goal. The overall aim of the NA is the identification of elements which will lend themselves to training (Gillet 1973).This research is an endeavor to find out about the needs of the students of medicine in mastering different skills of language in the process of academic context.To do this research students were asked to ill out a questionnaire of needs analysis . The findings revealed that most of the students attached priority to mastering basic skills. The results of this research can be helpful in making decisions on what to teach to such students. By means of carrying out such a research instructors can be aware of the particular needs and perceptions of their subjects in the classroom which otherwise may remain hidden from the sight of those involved in curriculum planning on one hand and assumed instructors on the other hand.


Keywords


needs analysis; English for specific purposes ( ESP); medical students

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