INVESTIGATING MEDICAL STUDENTS’ LEARNING OF SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH AT TRA VINH UNIVERSITY, VIETNAM
Keywords:
English for Specific Purposes, medical students, vocabulary learning problems, specialized vocabulary in English, Tra Vinh University
Abstract
This study investigated a group of medical students’ perspectives on common difficulties in learning specialized vocabulary in English or English for Specific Purposes in their program. The study employed a quantitative method, which used a five-point Likert scale questionnaire to survey 214 medical students at Tra Vinh University. The study results revealed that as the students realized the importance of the specialized course, they had set clear goals for their studies. In particular, specialized vocabulary in English materials is one of the obstacles that students encounter in their learning process. Besides, the participants admitted that they also faced learning problems due to teaching methods. The study also found that they had difficulties in learning specialized vocabulary due to many problems, such as multi-syllabic words which made them difficult to enunciate, write, memorize, identify meanings, abbreviate terms, and associate collocations. Recommendations for related stakeholders such as the Faculty of Specialization and Foreign Languages were included to improve the learning and teaching of specialized vocabulary in English at Tra Vinh University.-- PDF Article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kNBy6ucK_rh1bmf5ROUN0AcBtzP9Elzu/view?usp=sharing
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Culture and Society. 2020;9(2): 73–100.
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learning specialized English vocabulary through reading passages of students majoring in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Duc University (Thực
trạng học từ vựng trong các bài đọc hiểu tiếng Anh
chuyên nganh xã hội học của sinh viên ngành Xã hội
học, Khoa Khoa học Xã hội, Trường Đại học Hồng
Đức). Journal of Education. 2016; Special Issue:
139–142.
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learning ESP vocabulary for nursing students at Thai
Nguyen Medical College and some solutions. Journal
of Science & Technology. 2018;183(07): 129–134.
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2014.
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facing university engineering students in learning specialized English vocabulary. Journal of Humanities
Sciences. 2015;16(1): 1–12.
[21] Wu LF. Technical college students’ perceptions of
English for specific purposes vocabulary learning and teaching. International Journal of English Language
Education. 2014;2(1): 176–186.
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for specific purpose (medical vocabulary): A linguistic analysis of working Saudi hospital professionals.
International Journal of Education. 2016;8(1): 78–
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International Journal of Language and Linguistics.
2013;Special Issue 1(4-1): 1–5.
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and improve specialized English vocabulary for the
third-year Logistics major students at Vietnam Maritime University [Doctoral dissertation]. Hai Phong
Management and Technology University; 2020.
Published
24-March-2023
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Nguyen N, Khau A. INVESTIGATING MEDICAL STUDENTS’ LEARNING OF SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH AT TRA VINH UNIVERSITY, VIETNAM. journal [Internet]. 24Mar.2023 [cited 22Dec.2024];13(1):23-2. Available from: https://journal.tvu.edu.vn/tvujs_old/index.php/journal/article/view/1706
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