LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:5 May 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Teaching English to Medical Students: An Evaluation

Muhammad Younas (Ph.D. Applied Ling. Scholar)
Sumrah Arshad (M.Phil. English)
Aqeel Abbas (M.A.)
Mudassar Nawaz (M.A.)
Safira Fatima (M.A.)

Abstract

This study investigates the challenges for medical students in study matters and at their work places due to lack of linguistic skills. From the population of medical students in Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat, Pakistan, a sample of one hundred students was selected through convenience sampling that involved the sample being drawn from that part of the population which was close at hand and it included people who were easy to reach.

The data were collected through a questionnaire based on three point rating scale. The Questionnaire was designed after reading a lot of literature on the topic concerned. The purpose and aim of devising this questionnaire was to investigate the importance of ESP patterns in English teaching to medical students. The questionnaire consisted of only ten items because the nature of questions was comprehensive enough to serve the purpose.

The results of the data collected through one hundred questionnaires shown through the graphs and tables. In the end, it was concluded that the absence of ESP patterns in English teaching to medical students is reason for lack of linguistic skills of medical students at their workplaces in Pakistan.

Introduction

The English language has achieved a global status. A quarter of the world’s population is fluent in English and no other language in the world today can match the vast spread of the English language (Crystal, 2003).In Pakistan, teaching of English even for specific purposes still depends upon traditional objectives of securing good grades in examination. Competence of the students is measured on the basis of their ability to cram the contents and to reproduce in exams. They secure high marks but, in using language effectively at their workplaces, they are a complete failure.

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Muhammad Younas, Chairperson, Department of English, University of Sargodha (MB Din Campus)
younasdanial@gmail.com

Sumrah Arshad, Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sargodha
samraarshad@ymail.com (Corresponding Author)

Aqeel Abbas, Department of English, University of Sargodha (MB Din Campus)

Mudassar Nawaz, Department of English, University of Sargodha (MB Din Campus)

Safira Fatima, Department of English, University of Sargodha (MB Din Campus)
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