Teaching English to Students of Medicine: A Student-Centered Approach  

Oleh:

Kashani, Ahmad Sabouri ; Soheili, Soraya ; Hatmi, Zinat Nadia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Asian ESP Journal vol. 2 no. 2 (2006), page 85-97.
Topik: student-centered curriculum development; student-centeredness; ESP; medical English; evaluation and wash-back effect.
Fulltext: Untitled6.pdf (123.64KB)

Isi artikel

he purpose of this study was to compare the achievement levels of the majority of the applicants to our medical school at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in the academic year 2002-2003 with that of a smaller group of the same population. The former group received instruction based on the established syllabus, but for the latter group a new studentcentered approach to teaching English was designed. Participants were screened and then grouped into homogeneous classes on the basis of their English language proficiency levels. After receiving instruction based on the newly-developed student-centered approach for five consecutive semesters, they sat for the National Comprehensive Exam of Basic Sciences. Performance of the two groups on the English subtest of this exam was then correlated. Students covering the university established syllabus, it was observed, did better on the English subtest. Careful monitoring of the university Language Center’s educational program seemed to be an effective mechanism to motivate students to do their best.

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