Definition English for Specific Purposes

38 related to actual discipline or work where the students do not the background knowledge of the content, while courses that run parallel to or follow the course of the study in educational institution or workplace give the opportunity related to specific or integrated work. ESP which is divided into EAP and EOP according to discipline or professional area is described in figure 2.4. Figure 2.4. ESP classification by professional area Evans, 1998:6 In EAP, the main area is English for Science and Technology EST, but English for Medical Purposes EMP and English for Legal Purposes ELP also become the area which needed since the growth of the medical, business, finance and economics Nation, 1998. While EOP refers to “English that is not for English for Specific Purposes English for Academic Purposes English for Occupational Purposes English for Academic Science and Technology English for Academic Medical Purposes English for Academic Legal Purposes English for Management, Finance and Economics English for Professional Purposes English for Vocational Purposes English for Medical Purposes English for Business Purposes Vocational English Pre- Vocational English 39 academic purposes; it includes professional purposes in administration, medicine, law and pre- work situations” Nation, 1998. It also distinguishes the difference of, for instance, English for an academic purpose which is intended for the medical students while English for professional purposes is intended of practicing doctors. English for Professional Purposes also branches into English for Business Purposes since its goal is for occupational matter even though in practice it deals with a lot of General English as well as Specific Purpose English. The second branch of EOP is English for Vocational Purposes EVP which has two subsections: Vocational English which intended for the language of training for specific trades or occupation and Pre-Vocational English which is intended for the course in which the purpose is finding a job and interview skills. Learning English for the nursing students is intended for professional framework in which they will use the language for their professional need in their future job. The learners learn English according to their professional needs before starting their profession as a nurse. Hence, in Health Academy English is prepared as their pre-experience before they starting to work in the medical area and the language, skills, discourse as well as the methodology taught in the course are related to the needs of using English in their future job as professional nurses.

5. Nursing program

Nursing program is intended to provide education and training to become a fully qualified nurse. Maharani 2013 states that nursing program is a holistic competence in which the students need to learn the ‘scientific mind’ the ‘technological know-how, a ‘compassionate heart’ and healing hands. In other PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 40 words, the nursing program urge the students not only to understand the medical knowledge but also to know how to handles the patients. The interpersonal caring with the patients is one of the significant aspects in communicating with the patients. In order to achieve the goal nursing care, a nurse has to follow standardized nursing concepts that consist of the steps: Assessing – Diagnosing – Planning – Implementing – Evaluating Pamudya 2005. Besides knowing the standardized nursing concepts in handling the patients and the medical science as the core of their learning, the nursing students have to be able to use the special terms, jargons, and abbreviation among themselves which are not commonly spoken or used in daily conversation. In teaching English for nursing students, there are two main points to consider. The first is the knowledge of the nursing process and the second is knowledge of the nursing or medical terminology. It is important to understand the knowledge of those two principles in teaching English for nursing students since the main goal of learning English for the students is to gain effective communication between a nurses and a patient Pamudya, 2005. The nurses in Indonesia are able to perform their duties, but some of them might not know how to say it in English. Therefore, English for Occupational Purposes is needed to help either the nursing students or the nurses who already on duty to use English appropriately in their working environment