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College English courses are both instrumental and humanistic, and have become the main position for nursing students to cultivate their humanistic qualities. Integrating the spirit of Yimeng red sister-in-law into the college English teaching of nursing students reflects the new requirements of "curriculum ideology and politics" in colleges and universities, and is also an important way to implement the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating students. The integration of Yimeng red sister-in-law spirit into college English teaching can enhance the sense of mission and cultural confidence of nursing students, and promote them to form correct values and medical ethics. College English teachers should strive to explore methods and paths to integrate the spirit of Yimeng red sister-in-law into college English teaching, fully utilize the humanistic resources contained in textbooks, comprehensively display the image of Yimeng red sister-in-law through literary works, and use the second classroom to cultivate students’ ability to communicate the spirit of Yimeng red sister-in-law in English.
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Drawing experience from the theory and practice of flipped classroom, this paper proposes a new concept of "maker-oriented flipped classroom", differentiates it from the orthodox flipped classroom teaching, and expounds its teaching design and actual implementation in details through the example of WeChat Official Platform "Med Show". By adopting the 5-point Likert Scale, a survey was conducted on students' satisfaction degree about the effectiveness of "Med Show". The results reveal that students have made considerable progress in terms of medical English proficiency, awareness of medical humanities, and abilities of self-regulated learning and innovation. In conclusion, "Med Show" has made achievements in optimizing conventional teaching approaches, refining evaluation methods of teaching and learning, and redefining the role of teachers, and thus it provides some enlightenments for college English teaching in the era of Internet Plus.
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Objective:To investigate the relationship between foreign language learning motivation and academic performance of medical students in emergency remote teaching.Methods:A total of 131 medical undergraduates from the Batch 2018 participated in this study. The motivation part in the "motivated strategies for learning questionnaire (MSLQ)" was used to test students' learning motivation. SPSS 27.0 was used for statistical analysis. Spearman correlation coefficient was used to describe the correlation between learning motivation and academic performance. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test was adopted to compare differences between students with different characteristics. Results:①There were strong positive correlations between learning beliefs, self-efficacy, goal orientation, and task value pairwise; ②self-efficacy and goal orientation were found to have significant positive correlations with academic achievement; ③the differences in self-efficacy and learning goals between high-achieving and low-achieving groups were statistically significant; ④there was no statistical difference in learning motivation between different gender groups.Conclusion:Under the background of online learning, self-efficacy should be strengthened for English learning, making learning goals that focus on deep learning and improving the value of learning tasks and learning beliefs.
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Introducción: en la enseñanza-aprendizaje del idioma inglés es indispensable un proceso interactivo-comunicativo con una visión humanista, en condiciones propicias en el aula, en el cual los estudiantes disfruten, reflexionen, se arriesguen y se responsabilicen con la solución de tareas que satisfagan sus necesidades. Objetivo: reflexionar sobre el uso del aprendizaje electrónico móvil como herramienta de trabajo en la enseñanza de inglés en la Universidad médica. Material y Métodos: la información se obtuvo mediante el análisis y síntesis de revisiones documentales y bibliográficas sobre el tema relacionado con el aprendizaje móvil. Desarrollo: el aprendizaje electrónico móvil es la metodología de enseñanza-aprendizaje que facilita la construcción del conocimiento, la resolución de problemas y el desarrollo de destrezas y diferentes habilidades de manera autónoma mediante el uso de pequeños dispositivos electrónicos móviles como teléfonos, tabletas, PocketPC, entre otros. Conclusiones: se hace una reflexión sobre el uso del aprendizaje móvil como herramienta de trabajo en la enseñanza de inglés en la Universidad Médica, de sus beneficios y potencialidades no solo como vía de comunicación, sino también como medio de enseñanza que ayuda en el desarrollo del proceso docente-educativo; sin embargo, existen dificultades que pueden afectar su aprovechamiento y efectividad(AU)
Introduction: A communicative-interactive process with a humanistic vision is indispensable in the teaching-learning process of the English language, and should be carried out in favourable classroom conditions in which the students enjoy, reflect, take a risk, and accept responsibility for the solution of tasks that satisfy their needs. Objective: To reflect upon the use of m-learning as a working tool in the teaching of English at the Medical University. Material and Methods: Theoretical methods of analysis and synthesis of literature and documentary reviews allowed us to gather information about the topic. Development: M-learning is the teaching-learning process methodology which facilitates the construction of knowledge, the solution of problems, and the development of different skills in an autonomous way through the use of small electronic devices such as mobiles, tablets, PocketPC, among others. Conclusions: A reflection is made on the use of m-learning as a working tool in the teaching of English at the Medical University as well as its benefits and potentialities not only as a way of communication, but also as a teaching aid which contributes to the development of the teaching-learning process. However, there are difficulties that can affect its effectiveness and use(AU)
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En la educación médica cubana se ha diseñado un currículo para el cumplimiento de su encargo social donde se inserta la enseñanza del inglés. Actualmente constituye una prioridad trabajar en la búsqueda de estrategias que favorezcan el perfeccionamiento idiomático de los egresados, en este sentido se desarrolló una investigación en la Filial de Ciencias Médicas de Colón con el objetivo de desarrollar la expresión oral en el inglés con fines específicos en el tercer año de la carrera de Medicina. Se emplearon métodos como el análisis de documentos, la observación participante, y los registros anecdóticos. El sistema de actividades aplicado favorece la negociación de significados, toma de riesgos, mayor precisión al expresar ideas, así como el acercamiento del uso del idioma en situaciones reales con lo cual se logra mayor motivación, objetividad del aprendizaje e independencia, al emplear las habilidades lingüísticas para su desempeño profesional.
In Cuban medical education, a curriculum in which English is integrated, is designed to fulfill a social mission. Presently, it is a priority to identify strategies that support the idiomatic improvement of graduates. To this end, an investigation was developed in the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas at Colon Campus with the objective of developing speaking in English for Specific Purposes in the third-year of the medical program of study. Methods such as document analysis, participant observation, and review of anecdotal records were used. The resulting system of activities favors the negotiation of meaning, risk-taking, improved precision to express ideas and the expanded use of English language in real situations. This results in greater motivation, learning objectivity and independence to use language skills for their professional performance.
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With the example analysis method, this paper discussed the feasibility of flipped class to permeate the medical ethics education into medical English teaching. Practice has proved that consciously combining lan-guage teaching with the medical ethics education on various modern networks teaching platform enabled students to foster a correct view of medical ethics and to be qualified medical workers.
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Objective To probe how to ensure and improve the teaching quality of full-English-teaching in Medical Imagology for international MBBS students.Methods 144 MBBS international students and 13 full-English-teaching teachers in Kunming Medical University (KMU) were enrolled.Nationality of international students,development of teaching staff and teaching mode were studied by analysis of basic data and questionnaire.Results MBBS students of KMU are mainly from South Asia countries where students' pronunciation is different to England and America;the full-English-teaching staff of Medical Imagology are excellent teachers with good English and professional knowledge,but professional communicative ability in English is still needed to be improved;most students regarded inspiring-teaching-method as a useful way to enhance interesting and efficiency and teachers were sure that this method could improve teachers' comprehensive ability.Conclusion Inspiring-teaching-method is worth of further developing and extending because it is useful in promoting the communication between teachers and international students,in developing the teachers' professional communicative competence in English,and in improving students' learning interesting and efficiency.
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Three Modules and Three Stages proposed by guidelines on college English teaching that will be issued by the Ministry of Education gives direction for college English teaching.Through the investigation of the students' cognition and learning of English curriculum,combined with the teaching experiment,the new system of English curriculum,which reflects the characteristics of medical colleges and universities,has been preliminarily established,aiming at cultivating medical students' comprehensive English abilities in medical study and career development.Considering students' language abilities in different stages,college English curriculum can be designed in three modules,that is,English for general purpose (EGP),English for academic purpose (EAP) and intercultural communication,in three stages,that is,the basic stage,the improvement stage,and the development stage.The practice shows that the new curriculum system can promote the interaction,reform and development of teachers,teaching teams and Foreign Language Department.
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Firstly, this paper introduced and analyzed the humanistic quality of medical students. Thereafter, this paper discussed the advantages and thinking of college English teaching in the process of cultivation of medical students′ humanistic quality. At last, it pointed out that college English teachers could cultivate the medical students′ humanistic quality and effectively improve the comprehensive humanistic quality for medical students through changing educational concept, digging teaching materials about humanistic quality education, enriching the means of college English teaching, expanding the teaching space of humanistic quality, strengthening the emotion education, and training critical thinking.
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By analyzing the problems existing in the practice of doctor -patient communication , respectively discusses the speech act theory before the implementation of the implementation of doctor -patient communication oral English training , implementation , and after implementation of the positive role: instant help medical students to master a large number of medical English vocabulary;In view of the students come from different areas , instant help correct the pronunciation and intonation;Benefit based on speech act theory to guide the student to carry on the different roles played in English oral practice helps students to adopt direct and indirect speech act theory and the method of the oral English practice for communication;To improve medical students′professional recognition;To strengthen the medical students′sense of mission .
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This paper explored and analyzed difficulties in English teaching and put forward some ways to deal with this situation.The suggestions included changing the curriculum from general English to medical English,establishing the multiple assessment system and developing multilingual teaching modes.
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With the rapid development at home and abroad,mobile learning has become the fo-cus in the education field. In response to the current medical English teaching situation, this paper ana-lyzed the prospects that mobile learning can promote medical English teaching from the perspectives of improving students' learning interests,creating collaborative learning environment and enhancing immer-sion learning experiences and drew the conclusion that mobile learning can enlighten medical English teaching from aspects of changing teaching philosophy,updating teaching mode and training teachers.
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Objective To explore the effects of case method teaching in the medical postgraduate student of dermatology English teaching. Methods The experiment group was taught by case method teaching, and the control group was taught by traditional teaching model. The quantitative research and questionnaire investigation were used to evaluate the teaching methods. Results (1) There were significant differences in professional English test scores of Dermatology between the two groups;(2) The questionnaire investigation revealed that the case method teaching have achieved a higher evaluation from students in stimulating their enthusiasm of learning English,cultivating their ability of using language and improving capability of resolving clinical problem. Conclusion Case method teaching could help students cultivate the abilities to interpersonal communication and cooperation, raise the sense of innovation and innovation capacity,strengthen the relation between skills and theoretical knowledge, and improve the ability of self-management, learn cooperation and information literacy. But we should improve the case-based teaching and evaluation methods,in order to improve the teaching method of case teaching quality.
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Based on the analysis of the medical students' humanities quality and current college English teaching,this paper explored four strategies including pre-class lead-in activity,making full use of current teaching materials,reforming present college English teaching method and developing extracur-ricular practical activities in order to foster humanities quality in college English teaching and to improve medical students' humanities quality.
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Oral English teaching for Chinese postgraduates has always been focused on the drill of language skills,thus little attention was paid to the cultivation of students' thinking ability. This pa-per explored into the definition and theoretical basis of critical thinking and gave a case analysis of how to integrate the cultivation of critical thinking skills into the oral English classrooms in an effec-tive way. The questionnaire and interview among students showed that questioning,controversial dia-logue,debate and survey can help students to form the habit of critical thinking in an effective way and are also proved to be popular among medical postgraduates.
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Objective To reform and assess the English curriculum for medical doctor-post-graduates based on the requirement analysis theory. Methods All of the medical doctor-postgradu-ates in grade 2012 of the Third Military Medical University were surveyed using questionnaires and face-to-face interviews on randomly chosen students,which collected information on the current Eng-lish skill levels,the requirements and the motivations of English learning,the satisfiable degree of English curriculum,and the outcomes of the curriculum reform. Statistical analysis methods were ap-plied in this study,especiallyχ22 test which was used to test the impact of current English levels on the requirements and motivations of English learning and the analysis results were applied to guide the curriculum reform and assessment. Results The questionnaires were handed out for twice,340 in total. Before and after the course setting,168 and 170 effective ones were got respectively. The first questionnaire showed the requirement of English learning wasn't influenced by the current English skill levels (P=0.329). That was to say 70.2%(118/168)of the surveyed students whether they were in level 4 or 6 all desired to improve English listening and speaking skills;and regard to English lear-ning motivations,publishing SCI papers,studying abroad,personal interest,or passing the course's exams accounted for 53.6%(90/168),24.4%(41/168),15.5%(26/168),6.5%(11/168)respec-tively,but relevant to their English levels (P=0.036). Regardless of their English levels,publishing SCI papers was the chief motivation of English learning. However,passing curriculum examinations as a motivation was more relevant to low-level students. The second survey also showed that 86.5%(147/170)students satisfied the setting of ‘listening and speaking’to ‘reading and writing’(2∶1) and 86 . 3%(145/168 )of students considered necessary to have a SCI dissertation writing course . However,once taking it,30.3%(44/145)out of the 86.3%(145/168)students expressed dissatisfac-tion to the course. In addition,about 48.8%(83/170)of students supported the tiered teaching model. Conclusions The requirement analysis technique is conducive to curriculum setting for medical doc-tor-postgraduates. However,the curriculum system needs to be optimized from the aspects of teaching methods,the tiered teaching model,and the teaching staff team. In particular,the cooperation be-tween English language teachers and medical major teachers should be strengthened in order to ap-proach an adequate and effective curriculum.
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Introducción: la adquisición de una buena pronunciación, cuando menos inteligible, es un factor crucial en el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera, ya que esta facilita la comunicación. Objetivo: hacer algunas sugerencias para desarrollar el trabajo con la pronunciación en las clases de inglés. Material y Métodos: se revisaron libros y materiales sobre el tema que permitieron obtener la información deseada. Desarrollo: la pronunciación no puede desvincularse del acto del habla. En el proceso de desarrollo de la expresión oral es vital prestar atención a algunos aspectos significativos de la comunicación como articular sonidos con exactitud, emplear adecuadamente los enlaces de sonidos y palabras en el discurso oral, acentuar sílabas y palabras correctamente, hacer los cambios de acentuación en las palabras que lo requieran así como las pausas, emplear apropiadamente la entonación para expresar diferentes funciones comunicativas, emociones y actitudes y establecer una apropiada correspondencia sonido-grafía, con énfasis en las diferencias que existe entre la lengua materna y la extranjera. Conclusiones: el trabajo con la pronunciación debe ser incentivado desde sus inicios, para desarrollar una comunicación oral fluida y eficaz en los estudiantes. Se sugiere realizar diferentes actividades en las aulas como canciones, trabalenguas y juegos didácticos. El éxito de la habilidad oral depende de un trabajo sostenido y profundo con los elementos que engloban la pronunciación, dígase acentuación, ritmo y entonación, por lo que se recomienda además, prestar más atención a este aspecto tan íntimamente relacionado con la comunicación.
Introduction: the acquisition of good pronunciation, at least intelligible, is a key factor in the foreign language learning, since this helps communication. Objective: to make some suggestions about the work with pronunciation patterns in the English lessons. Material and Methods: books and materials about this issue were consulted providing the necessary information. Development: pronunciation cannot be separated of the speech act. In the process of development of the oral skill is vital to pay attention to some significant facts of communication such as sound articulation, the use of blendings in the oral speech, syllable and word stress, the change in stress in the words that need it as well as pauses, intonation to express different communicative functions, emotions and attitudes, and the phoneme-grapheme correspondence emphasizing the difference between the mother tongue and the foreign language. Conclusions: pronunciation should be dealt with since the very beginning of a course in order to develop a fluent and efficient oral communication of the language being learnt. Some activities such as songs, tong-twisters and didactic games are suggested. The success of the oral skill depends on regular and hard work with pronunciation aspects, that is to say, stress, rhythm and intonation, which calls for special attention towards this topic closely related to communication.
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English curriculum development has been a focus of English teaching in the medical universities in China.Under the background of cultivation of international medical talents,this thesis analyzed the current situation and major problems in this field,and put forward EGP + ESP model in English curriculum development,proposed to provide systematic and continuous English education for the medical students through the combination of public English and Medical English.
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Six years' English teaching in department of obstetrics and gynecology in Wenzhou Medical College were reviewed. Language and cultural differences are the main reasons hindering teaching quality. Rational use of a variety of teachers,preparing for lessons adequately,adoption of English image data,supplying and revising English teaching materials,using network auxiliary teaching and forming ef-fective education mode are conducive to improving English teaching quality in department of obstetrics and gynecology for foreign students.