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English for Nurse: A curriculum Design and Material Development for a Nursing Program at University of Singaperbangsa Karawang 1. BACKGORUND A nurse is a person who, having been formally admitted to a nursing education programme duly recognized by the Member State in which it is located, has successfully completed the prescribed course of studies in nursing and has obtained the required qualifications to be registered and/or legally licensed to practise nursing. Nurses help patients, families and groups to determine and achieve their physical, mental and social potential, and to do so within the context of the environment in which they live and work. Nurses require competency to develop and perform functions that promote and maintain health as well as prevent illness. They also assess, plan, give and evaluate their professional care during illness and rehabilitation, which encompasses the physical, mental and social aspects of life as they affect health, illness, disability and dying. They may practise in hospitals and the community. They are competent to work autonomously and as members of the health care team. In certain circumstances they may delegate care to health care assistants, but they retain responsibility for care, supervise where necessary and are accountable for their decisions and actions. (WHO : 2001)

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English for Nurse:A curriculum Design and Material Development for a Nursing Program

at University of Singaperbangsa Karawang

1. BACKGORUND

A nurse is a person who, having been formally admitted to a nursing education

programme duly recognized by the Member State in which it is located, has successfully

completed the prescribed course of studies in nursing and has obtained the required

qualifications to be registered and/or legally licensed to practise nursing. Nurses help

patients, families and groups to determine and achieve their physical, mental and social

potential, and to do so within the context of the environment in which they live and

work. Nurses require competency to develop and perform functions that promote and

maintain health as well as prevent illness. They also assess, plan, give and evaluate their

professional care during illness and rehabilitation, which encompasses the physical,

mental and social aspects of life as they affect health, illness, disability and dying. They

may practise in hospitals and the community. They are competent to work autonomously

and as members of the health care team. In certain circumstances they may delegate care

to health care assistants, but they retain responsibility for care, supervise where necessary

and are accountable for their decisions and actions. (WHO : 2001)

Nursing is both an art and a science. It requires the understanding and the

application in practice of specific nursing knowledge and skills, which, wherever

possible, are research- and/or evidence-based. It draws on knowledge and techniques

derived from the humanities, from the physical, biological and behavioural sciences,

from management and leadership theories and from theories of education (WHO 1996a).

The role and function of nurse which was released by WHO (World Health

Organization) requires nurses to achieve both art and science. In term of art, nurses

which spend most of their time to help patients, families and groups to determine and

achieve their physical, mental and social potential, and to do so within the context of the

environment, need such a competence to communicate well with peoples. They need

English, which has been an international language, to get a better interaction and

communication.

Nowadays, competence in English has become an urgent need for nurses who are

involved in medical services. It is due to the fact that they are required to have the ability

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to communicate with the other people in their field including doctors and patients. There

are demands of professional nursing which includes English Competence in listening,

reading, speaking and writing (Indah D. Pratiwi: 2010). In matter

concerning this issue, curriculum design and material

development on this program should follow the procedures and

techniques with the underlying ground and teaching principles.

To design a curriculum, teacher should pay attention to the principles of

curriculum design. A curriculum is an attempt to communicate the essential features and

principles of an educational proposal in such a form that it is open to critical scrutiny and

capable of effective translation into practice ( Stenhouse: 1975).

To design a curriculum is exactly to develop its contents based on students’ need.

Curriculum development is an essential component of an educational programme.

Richards states that “Curriculum development focuses on determining what knowledge,

skills, and values students learn in schools, what experiences should be provided to bring

about intended learning outcomes, and how teaching and learning in schools or

educational systems can be planned, measured, and evaluated”(2001, p. 2).

Let's see some steps in designing curriculum and developing its material for

English for nurse to help students bridge the English skills gap.

1. Needs analysis

2. Define programme goals and objectives of the instruction

3. Data Analysis

4. Findings: Curriculum design and material development

5. Conclusion

2. NEED ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY

In conducting need analysis, a designer should remember that the course has to fulfill

students’ expectation, and they want a course that relates to their professional language

needs. Richard, Platt and Weber in Brown define: “the process of determining the needs

for which a learner or group of learners requires a language and arranging the needs

according to priorities“.

1. Population

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The target population of this study was 5 professional nurses and 5 nursing students

in practitioner level of RSUD Karawang. They were working in nursing units, which

were dispersed all over the hospital.

2. Sampling Procedures

Five professional nurses and five nursing students were randomly selected from

nursing units to represent the total number of nurses. Random sampling was claimed

to be the best method in selecting samples because all population of the target group

had an equal chance to be selected (Pleansaisurb. 1984: 30). The selection criteria

were focused early on the nursing units’ head, followed by the staff in each nursing

unit.

3. Questionnaire

The questionnaire is constructed to study English speaking skill of nurses at RSUD

Karawang consisted of five parts.

Part 1: General Information of Respondents

This part only required the respondents to indicate their personal data; age,

position, office, the highest education and time spent in working.

Part 2: Frequency of English Speaking Skill Used at Work

This part only required the respondents to specify how often they spoke

English in their work. There were four choices: often (20 – 30 times a month),

sometimes (10 – 19 times a month), rarely (1 – 9 times a month), or never (0

times a month).

Part 3: Frequency of the Use of English Speaking Skill in Different Contact

Situations

A question covered data regarding the use of speaking skill. Four-point scales

(often, sometimes, rarely and never) were used. This part only asked the

respondents to specify how often they spoke English in different contact

situations. Eight sub-items were included. An open-ended statement was also

provided if the respondents would like to add

comments.

Part 4: Nurses’ Speaking Problems

This part included open-ended questions regarding speaking problems the

respondents faced when using English at work concentrating on pronunciation,

vocabulary, grammar and confidence in speaking.

Part 5: Types of English Speaking Courses Preferred by Nurses

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This part only required the respondents to specify the nurses’ opinions about

their needs concerning the English syllabus, and contents.

4. Data Collection

The questionnaire was constructed based on the informal interview questions with

the nurses at RSUD Karawang because the results from the interviews revealed the

day to day real work done by such nurses, but not the theoretical ideas presented in

textbooks. The first draft was translated from Indonesia into English in order to get

clear understanding among the respondents. Then the bilingual questionnaires were

distributed to 5 professional nurses 5 nursing students. In some cases if the nurses or

students were unclear, the researcher guidedly interviewed them to get detailed

answers as well as related examples.

5. Data Analysis

After collecting the completed questionnaire, the researcher categorized the data,

tabulated and analyzed them by using percentage to identify the current English

uses, problems and types of the needed English syllabus.

3. FINDINGS

The findings of the data analysis consist of narrative and tables. Five main sections are

discussed 1) general information of respondents 2) frequency of English speaking skill

used at work 3) frequency of the use of English speaking skill in different contact

situations 4) nurses’ speaking problems and 5) types of speaking courses preferred by

nurses.

A. Analyzing Data

Part I: General Information of Respondents

Ten copies of questionnaire were distributed to the nurses and nursing students

at RSUD Karawang. The respondents’ information was classified in Table 1.

TABLE 1 GERNERAL INFORMATION OF RESPONDENTS

Items Frequency Percentage

Age17 – 2526 – 3541 – 50

622

60%20%20%

Position

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Practitioner (Professional Nurse)Nursing Students as practitioner

55

50%50%

EducationBelow a Bachelor degreeBachelor degree or any equivalent degree

55

50%50%

Experience in Working0 – 5 years6 – 10 years10 – 15 years16 years or more

5320

50%30%20%0%

The sample in this study compiled 10 professional nurses from 5

practitioners and 5 nursing students in different nursing units. Their age levels

were categorized as between 17 – 25 years (50%), 26 – 35 years (20%) and 36

– 45 years (20%). They had bachelor degree or any equivalent degree (50%),

and Below a bachelor degree (50%). For experience in working, there were

50% of respondents, who have not experiences before, they were the nursing

students, 30% of respondents who have been working between 6 – 10 years,

and 20% of respondents who have been working between 10 – 15 years .

As shown in Table 1, 50% of the respondents were 31 – 40 years of

age and had 6 – 10 years experience in working, but 50% of the respondents

have not graduated from Nursing School. This inferred that the nurses had

nursing experience, but they might lack of technical vocabulary because

Bachelor of Nursing Sciences students mostly used Indonesian language to

study nursing course, so they rarely speak English as interviewed from Ms.

Eka Puspita Merdeka, the nurse at RSUD Karawang.

Additionally, the samples were composed of 50 to 50 percent of the

practitioner and nursing students working for different department. Therefore,

the English speaking problems revealed in this research were equally faced by

practitioner and managerial nurses.

Part II: Frequency of English Speaking Skill Used at Work

The respondents were asked about the frequency of usage in their work. The

data were then classified and summarized in Table 2.

TABLE 2 A FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL USED AT WORK

Skill OftenSometime

sRarely Never Total

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Speaking101%

550%

440%

00%

10100%

Table 2 shows the frequency and percentage of English speaking skill

usage of nurses at Rajavithi hospital. It can be concluded from Table 2 that the

respondents ”often” used speaking skill for a value of 5% (20 – 30 times a

month), followed by ”sometimes” for 55% (10 – 19 times a month), by

"rarely" for 40% (1 – 9 times a month), and by "never" for 0% (0 times a

month) respectively.

As shown in Table 2, it was found that 55% of the respondents

sometimes spoke English at work. Consequently, speaking played important

roles for nursing careers. This assumption was in compliance with the research

of Ruth (1998: 31) stated that speaking was a key tool that medical needed to

call for cooperation among individuals in the delivery of health care services.

Part III: Frequently of the Use of English Speaking Skill in Different Contact

Situations

The respondents were asked the percentage of situations in value use speaking

skill. The data were then classified and summarized in Table 3.

TABLE 3 A FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF THE USE OF ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL IN DIFFERENT CONTACT SITUATIONS

Speaking Activities

Oft

en

Som

etim

es

Rar

ely

Nev

er

Tot

al

Asking foreign patients’ background

1(10%)

4(40%)

5(50%)

0(0%)

20(100%)

Asking foreign patients’ signs andSymptoms

0(0%)

4(40%)

6(60%)

0(0%)

20(100%)

Giving information to foreign patients

0(0%)

4(40%)

6(60%)

0(0%)

20 (100%)

Informing patients of your intended nursing care if taking care of foreignPatients

0(0%)

5(50%)

5(50%)

0(0%)

20(100%)

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Discussing with doctors and other nurses to find treatment or taking care of patientsif working with foreign colleagues

0(0%)

10(50%)

10(50%)

0(0%)

20(100%)

Giving instructions and health education about the disease patients have if takingcare of foreign patients

2(20%)

3(30%)

5(50%)

0(0%)

20(100%)

Asking doctors about the patients’ progress if working with foreign doctors

0(0%)

10(50%)

10(50%)

0(0%)

20(100%)

Asking patients to get the results of treatment or nursing care

1(10%)

4(40%)

5(50%)

0(0%)

20(100%)

Table 3 indicates the frequency and percentages in using English

speaking skill of nurses at Rajavithi Hospital in different contact situations. It

shows that the nurses rarely spoke English to communicate with the foreign

patients, doctors and nurses. However, 50% of the respondents revealed that

they sometimes spoke English to foreign patients with the case to give

information and inform them of the nursing care.

Part IV: Nurses’ Speaking Problems

The respondents were asked about their speaking problems the respondents

faced when using English at work.

1. Pronunciation

The most important aspect of this problem was mispronunciation.

They were worried about pronunciation and they often pronounced words

incorrectly. For example, the nurse would like to ask foreign doctor

"Could you please check this pharmacy label?”, but they mispronounced

"label” as "level”. Then, the doctor did not get this message correctly.

2. Vocabulary

The problem was vocabulary. They were unable to use proper

words to express their ideas fluently. This was due to their limited

knowledge of the meaning of words, technical terms and vocabulary an

especially roots, prefixes and suffixes. There were two examples to clarify

this problem.

The first example was the word "chripodist". This word derived

from three words combined together: chiro, podium and ist. Chiro is the

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prefix means arm or head. Podium is the Greek root means foot, and ist is

the suffix means a person practicing or studying an art or science. The

nurses didn’t know the structure of this word that it came from prefix, root

and suffix attached together. Therefore, it was difficult for them to analyse

the word structure and guess the meaning of words or medical

terminologies.

The second example was that the nurse didn't realize the real

meaning of "OR". Once the doctor told the nurse that "the patient needs

legs OR”. Even if the nurse knew that "OR" technically means operation,

they didn’t know that "operate" was the verb form. Then, they said to the

patient, "the doctor needs to cut your legs". This might shock the patient.

3. Grammar

The major problem was grammatical errors including errors in tenses,

active and passive voice. It was difficult for them to speak the most

suitable words to express their ideas clearly and correctly. For example,

the nurse said, "today you has fever high". As seen, the sentence was

incorrect in terms of subject and verb agreements and part of speech. The

nurse also felt less confident in speaking English.

4. Confidence in Speaking

Lack of self – confidence was the biggest problem in speaking English.

They often pronounced words incorrectly. Therefore, they were reluctant

to speak English because they felt embarrassed. They felt excited when

they were asked to show their ideas in English and they were not confident

to show their ideas at meetings because they had problems in

pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

Part V: Types of English Speaking Courses Preferred by Nurses

The respondents were asked the frequency of their English speaking course to

be provided for them. The data were then classified and summarized in Table

4.

TABLE 4 A FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF ENGLISH SPEAKING COURSE FOR NURSES

Skill OftenSometime

sRarely Never Total

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Speaking2

(20%)4

(40%)4

(40%)0

(0%)20

(100%)

Table 4 shows the frequency and percentage of English speaking

course for nurses. The findings in this study clearly revealed that 100% of the

respondents needed their organization to provide the English speaking training

for them. It can be concluded from Table 4 that the speaking course should be

provided "often" by the respondents for a value of 20% (20 – 30 times a

month), followed by "sometimes" for 40% (10 – 19 times a month), by

"rarely" for 40% (1 – 9 times a month), and by "never" for 0% (0 time a

month) respectively. It could be assumed that the nurses were willing to take

English speaking course. This support the research of Siriwong (1984:

abstract) stated that nurses wanted to learn English, which emphasized

speaking skill.

A speaking training program should focus on related health contents.

They preferred to study with native speakers and the training should be offered

regularly every month or every 3 months.

They had an opportunity to speak English for their routine service.

Therefore, they preferred to have an opportunity to practise speaking. To

develop their effective communication skill in speaking, authorities concerned

should take this into consideration.

B. Planning a Program

a. Goal and Objective

The goals should provide a clear definition of the purpose of the programme; they

should be a guideline for designer, the students and the organization requesting

the services.

The goals can be established in terms of extension or diversification of

communicative language competences, or in terms of the enrichment of strategies,

or in terms of the fulfilment of tasks. They are determined by the information you

gathered during the needs analysis.

According to Brown (1995, pp. 71-73) Goals is general statement about what must

be accomplished in order to attain and satisfy students’ need. Objectives are

Precise statements about what contents or skill the students must master in order

to attain particular goal.

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Based on the findings data in need analysis, the designer formulates the goal of

this program (English for Nurse) as below: “To facilitate the student to acquire

the ability to perform their duties in an environment where English especially

speaking is used and needed”

In order to gain this target the designers formulate the objective of this

program as below:

To introduce the students to some glossaries related to the need of their

work

To acquire some useful expression they usually use in accomplishing their

duty

To give authentic teaching material which is practiced directly in class

finishing each topic

b. Programs Needed

1. Teachers

The specific teachers or lecturers needed for this program is at least 30

years age of graduate of master program of English language education who

has passed for IELT program and get a recent certificate.

The teachers or lecturers also are suggested to join or at least to have a

background of knowledge related to NCLEX-RN (National Council Licensure

Examination for Registered Nurses) NCLEX-PN (National Council Licensure

Examination for Practical Nurses)

2. Time Allotment

As this program is planned to be implemented at the nursing program

of UNSIKA, the time allotment of this will be based on rules and regulation of

the nursing program department of UNSIKA. There will be 16 sixteen meeting

for the overall teaching and learning in class includes mid test and final test.

The duration of each meeting will spend the time of 3 credits point or

in another word in will spend 150 minutes of teaching and learning. This

duration includes the overall phases of teaching in classroom.

3. Students

a. Needs of students

The student needs is to acquire the ability to perform their duties in

an environment where English especially speaking is used and needed.

b. Age of students

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The students participate in this program is undergraduate students

of nursing program at University of UNSIKA with the age around 15 up

twenty years old

c. Number of students

The students participate in this program is the first semester of

undergraduate students of nursing program at University of UNSIKA

which consist of 245 students divided into 8 classes

c. Material (Course book)

1. Syllabus

Based on the analysis that has been achieved, the designer of this curriculum

use the concept of Brown (2005) to set the syllabus for this program (English

for Nurse) as below:

University of Singaperbangsa Karawang

Nursing Program

SYLLABUS OF ENGLISH FOR NURSE

Semester/ Year of Instruction

1/ 2012 – 2013

Title of Course English for Nurse

Office Nursing and Midwifery Program

Instructor Name Yousef Bani Ahmad, S.S., M.Hum.

Phone 085691141196

Email [email protected]

Course description This course is a basic material for nurse. It facilitates the student to acquire the ability to perform their duties in an environment where English especially speaking is used and needed”

Goal To facilitate the student to acquire the ability to perform their duties in an environment where English especially speaking is used and needed”

Objective To introduce the students to some glossaries related to the need of their work

To acquire some useful expression they usually use in accomplishing their duty

To give authentic teaching material which is practiced directly in class finishing each topic

Course Content Overview

Day 1 Intro to course and syllabus contentDay 2 Vocabulary for nurseDay 3 English Greeting For NurseDay 4-5 Giving Direction In HospitalDay 6-7 Parts Of The Body And Health ProblemDay 8 Mid Test

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Day 9 Health Problems DiagnoseDay 10 Making ObservationDay 11 General AssessmentDay 12 Type Of SymptomsDay 13 Patient AssessmentDay 14-15 Checking Vital SignDay 16 Final Test

Assesment DialogueRole play

2. Lesson Plan

Based on the need analysis, the designer of this program use the theory of

National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC) by Catharine Keatley

and Deborah Kennedy to construct the lesson plan of this program. The

following is the sample of lesson plan taken from one the topic in the syllabus

which use the theory of Scot Thornbury (2005) in implementing teaching

speaking for nurse.

University of Singaperbangsa KarawangNursing Program

LESSON PLAN

Semester/ Year of Instruction

1/ 2012 – 2013

Title of Course English for Nurse

Office Nursing Program

Instructor Name Yousef Bani Ahmad

Phone 085691141196

Email [email protected]

Lesson Topic Giving Direction In HospitalLesson Goals After completed this chapter, students will be able to:

1. Use expressions related to giving directions correctly2. Give directions to a certain place in or out of hospital

Structure (Scot Thurbury: 2005)Preparation (8-10 minutes)

As students are arriving, chat with them about kinds of department and rooms in hospital

Ask how they find out the rooms in hospital Review on preposition; for example asking them the location

of certain room in hospital Outline goals for today’s class

Awareness Raising Activities

Discus with students the vocabularies related to the topic and the usage of the word in the field of nursing activity

Provide them such an authentic learning: video of nurse giving information or direction in class

Appropriation activities

Provide them some useful expression used for giving information or direction in hospital

Explore more the use of preposition in expressing the detail location of room in hospital

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Provide them a sample of conversation related with giving information or direction to people in hospital

Task repetition, reading aloud and dialogue using the sample of conversation

Practice the dialogue in pairAutonomy Role play 1: students are given such a map of hospital

building from the first and the second floor then the teacher ask them to direct him to certain places written on the map

Role play 2: students are directed to go outside the class and ask them to give direction and information of certain building or room in the school or campus or if can, the teacher can invite students to visit a hospital and ask them to give direction or information related with the location of departments or rooms in building

Expansion (homework for next class)

Before leaving the class teacher gives students a kind of assignment. It is a worksheet paper. Students are to work in pair Each of them given a paper contains a map of building (sheet

A and B) There are rooms with no name on each paper Students A should ask students B to complete the name of

room in building of hospital using the expression of direction and vice versa

Media and tools Projector Laptop Audio Map Worksheet paper

Assessment DialogueRole-play

d. Teaching

Based on the setting of syllabus and lesson plan above, this program will

elaborate two methodologies of teaching:

1. Teaching vocabulary (Apthorp : 2006)

Research suggests that although many students acquire vocabulary

naturally through activities at school, this cannot be left to chance in the case

of children with low vocabularies.

Duke and Moses (2003) concluded that reading is the basis of

vocabulary growth, together with engaging children in rich oral language and

encouraging reading and talk at home.

The National Reading Panel’s review (2000) identified five basic

approaches to vocabulary instruction which should be used together:

explicit instruction (particularly of difficult words and words that are not

part of pupils’ everyday experience),

indirect instruction (i.e. exposure to a wide range of reading materials),

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multimedia methods (going beyond the text to include other medias such

as visual stimulus, the use of the computer or sign language),

capacity methods (focusing on making reading an automatic activity),

and

association methods (encouraging learners to draw connections between

what they do know and unfamiliar words).

Evidence from Apthorp (2006) supports and extends the National

Reading Panel’s conclusions. She concluded that there was a solid evidence

base supporting three key elements of vocabulary instruction:

defining and explaining word meanings;

arranging frequent encounters with new words (at least six exposures to

a new word);

encouraging pupils’ deep and active processing of words and meanings

in a range of contexts. These kinds of activities are effective for

vocabulary development and improved reading comprehension.

2. Teaching speaking (Scot Thornbury edited by Jeremy Harmer : 2005)

Essentiallly, there are kinds of knowledge that speakers bring to the

skill of speaking. First, it is Extralinguistic knowledge. it is sociocultural

knowledge that learners use when they communicate each others. Second is

Linguistic knowledge. It consists of genre knowledge, discourse knowledge,

pragmatic knowledge, Grammar, vocabulary, phonology

So, In order to activate both knowledge (Extralinguistic and Linguistic

knowledge), learners need experience three stages:

Awarness-raising: It is to help learners fill gap in their knowledge,

with regard to speaking and involves at least three process:

Attention – Noticing – Undertsanding. To raise the awareness of

learners about feature of speaking can be done by: Using

recordings ang transcripts, Using live listening or it also can be

enhanced by noticing the gap activities

Appropriation: It is a repetitive practice of language items in

conditions where the possibility of making mistakes is minimized.

This stage can be done through, drilling and chants, writing task,

reading aloud, assisted performance and scaffolding, dialogue,

communicative tasks, task repetation.

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Autonomy: It is the capacity to self regulate performance as a

consequence of gaining control over skill that were formally other-

regulated. This phase of learning can be done through: giving

presentation and talks, telling stories, jokes and anecdotes, drama

activities, including role-plays and simulation, discussion and

debate, conversation and chat

e. Testing

The type of test that will be applied in this program is mostly role play.

Role-playing as a teaching strategy offers several advantages for both teacher and

student. First, student interest in the topic is raised. Research has shown that

“integrating experiential learning activities in the classroom increases interest in

the subject mater and understanding of course content” (Poorman, 2002, pg. 32).

Fogg (2001) tells of a college professor who felt that his history classes were

boring and not involving the students. After trying out a role-playing type game

one semester, he observed that students were much more interested in the

material.

Secondly, there is increased involvement on the part of the students in a

roleplaying lesson. Students are not passive recipients of the instructor’s

knowledge. Rather, they take an active part. Poorman (2002) observes that “true

learning cannot take place when students are passive observers of the teaching

process” (p. 32). One student at Barnard College who was enrolled in a role-

playing history class said, “This class trick you into doing so much work” (Fogg,

2001). The result of the involvement is increased learning (Fogg, 2001).

A third advantage to using role-playing as a teaching strategy is that it

teaches empathy and understanding of different perspectives (Poorman, 2002). A

typical roleplaying activity would have students taking on a role of a character,

learning and acting as that individual would do in the typical setting. Poorman

(2002) found “a significant increase among students in feeling another’s distress

as their own” (pg. 34). Role-playing has also been seen to be effective in reducing

racial prejudice (McGregor, 1993).

4. CONCLUSSION

The competence in English has become an urgent need for nurses who are

involved in medical services. It is due to the fact that they are required to have the ability

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to communicate with the other people in their field including doctors and patients. This

research have follows several procedures and steps in order to gain the target on how to

facilitate the student to acquire the ability to perform their duties in an environment

where English especially speaking is used and needed”. As a result, the writer or the

designers of this program concludes their research as follow:

a. The role and function of nurse which was released by WHO (World Health

Organization) requires nurses to achieve both art and science. In term of art,

nurses which spend most of their time to help patients, families and groups to

determine and achieve their physical, mental and social potential, and to do so

within the context of the environment, need such a competence to

communicate well with peoples. They need English, which has been an

international language, to get a better interaction and communication.

b. Based on the findings data in need analysis, the designer formulates the goal

of this program (English for Nurse) as below: “To facilitate the student to

acquire the ability to perform their duties in an environment where English

especially speaking is used and needed”

c. The students participate in this program is undergraduate students of nursing

program at University of UNSIKA with the age around 15 up twenty years

old consist of 245 students divided into 8 classes

d. Based on the result of need analysis the course contents of this program

comprise: Vocabulary for nurse, English Greeting For Nurse, Giving

Direction In Hospital, Parts Of The Body And Health Problem, Health

Problems Diagnose, Making Observation, General Assessment, Type Of

Symptoms, Patient Assessment, Checking Vital Sign.

e. Based on the setting of syllabus and lesson plan, this program will elaborate

two methodologies of teaching: Teaching effective vocabulary (Apthorp :

2006) and Teaching speaking (Scot Thornbury edited by Jeremy Harmer :

2005).