A Corpus-Based Evaluation on Two Different English for Nursing Purposes (ENP) Course Books

Autor/inn/en	Mohamad, Alif Fairus Nor; Puteh, Sharifah Nor
Titel	A Corpus-Based Evaluation on Two Different English for Nursing Purposes (ENP) Course Books
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 8 (2017) 2, S.196-201 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Nursing Education; English for Special Purposes; Word Lists; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Word Frequency; Computer Software; Vocabulary Development; Foreign Countries; Textbooks; Content Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Computational Linguistics; Nurses; Higher Education; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegepädagogik; Wortliste; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Wortschatzarbeit; Ausland; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Inhaltsanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	It is difficult for most of the second language learners in Malaysia to function proficiently in English language due to limited vocabulary knowledge. It has also been challenging for TESL graduates to fit in as ENP teachers due to the lack of specialized vocabulary knowledge in nursing field. Thus, a course books has always been a highly dependable aid in facilitating the teaching and learning in an ENP classroom. The objective of this research is to identify the possible pedagogical aspects of two ENP commercial course books (Oxford English for Careers Nursing 1" (OEFCN1) written by Tony Grice and "Nursing Your English Second Edition" (NYE) by Siti Salina Salim and Mazura Mastura Muhammad) in socializing learners into their discourse communities. The present research looks at the extent of vocabulary coverage in comparison with General Service List (GSL), Academic Word List (AWL), Nursing Education Word List (NEWL) and the 2,000 most frequent nursing words. These course books were photocopied, scanned and converted into computer text files before they were analyzed using WordSmith 4.0 as it is able to provide elemental knowledge on the vocabulary coverage in both course books. The results indicated that both books showed significant result in terms of their coverage based on the three word lists. On the other hand, it is proven that the 2000 most frequent nursing words wordlist is not able to cover as much tokens as compared to GSL, AWL and NEWL combined. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01