English for Nursing: An Exploration of Taiwanese EFL Learners' Needs

護理英文：臺灣英語學習者需求分析

賴映君(Ying-Chun Lai)

專業英文 ； 職場英文 ； 護理英文 ； 護理人員 ； 需求評估 ； English for Specific Purposes (ESP) ； English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) ； Nursing English ； nursing practitioners ； needs analysis

長庚人文社會學報

9卷1期（2016 / 04 / 01）

27 - 52

英文

本研究旨在調查臺灣護理人員的職場英語使用及其英語學習需求。本研究以問卷調查了七十三位在職專班學生對職場英語使用之看法及其英語學習的經驗、偏好、需求和期望。調查顯示，參與者強烈贊同醫學院校和醫院應提供課程以提昇護理人員的英文能力。參與者普遍認為職場工作中最重要的英語技能為口說，其次依序為聽力、寫作、醫學術語及閱讀，此先後順序亦為參與者所希望改善的技能之排序。此調查呈現出護理人員於職場中，在英語的聽、說、讀、和寫所使用到的時機與場合，及其對於透過整合護理學科與英語學習以提供學生更多機會接觸英語的看法。

This research investigates nurses' use of the English language in Taiwanese hospitals and their need for English language learning. A sample of 73 nurses enrolled in a two-year bachelor's nursing program at two Taiwanese universities participated in this study. A questionnaire was administered to obtain information about these nurses' perceptions of workplace English use and their experiences with, need for, and expectations of English language learning. The majority of the participants strongly agreed that medical universities and hospitals should offer English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses for nurses to build their workplace English skills. The participants rated the most important language skill area for their workplace English usage as ＂speaking,＂ followed by ＂listening,＂ ＂writing,＂ ＂medical terminology,＂ and ＂reading.＂ This sequence was the same as the sequence of the commonly mentioned skill areas that the participants wanted to improve. The specific occasions of English use for all language skill areas (i.e., speaking, listening, reading and writing) and their frequency of use in the participants' workplaces were identified. The survey also asked the participants for their opinions about allowing students to obtain more opportunities to practice English and more exposure to English by integrating English language learning into academic subjects of the curriculum.

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