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5. The Nature of Course in AFORN
AFORN Active English for Nursing is an Android application which is developed by the researcher as the alternative learning tool for nursing students in
Health Polytechnic Poltekkes. The researcher developed the application by considering the English lesson syllabus in Nursing department, speaking theories,
and principles of m-learning. By considering to those three basic concepts, the researcher develops materials in the application AFORN so that it will help the
students to enhance their knowledge in speaking competence. The following table reveals the concept in developing the application.
Table 2.5 Material Concept of AFORN Learning
Objectives Core
in Speaking
Skills
AFORN Features Goal
- Comprehending
English conversation
- Writing nursing
services report in English
- Listening
to report
and nursing issues
- Doing
brief Pronunciat
ion -
Provide pronunciation
exercises using text to speech and speech
recognizer
Students can practice their
pronunciation correctly so that they
can produce sound in target language well
Speech function
- Provide
a feature
which focus on useful expression
Students know the appropriate
expression so that they can perform a
precise communicative
function or speech act
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in
English
Interaction manageme
nt -
Provide a
feature which students can
listen to
a conversation.
The practice
of conversation can be
conducted in
separated instruction by the lecturer
Students can
do appropriate
dialog especially
an interaction between
a nurse and a patient
Discourse organizati
on -
Provide a feature that train
grammatical competence of the
students -
Provide vocabulary
exercises Students can create
extended discourse
in various spoken genres
through lexical
and grammatical choices.
In the table above, the learning objectives are taken from the syllabus for English lesson in Nursing department as being discussed in the previous part in
this chapter, then with core in speaking skills, they perform as the fundamental for creating features in the AFORN.
In creating contents in the AFORN, the researcher also use some books as her references. The books are English for the Professional Nurses 2 and
Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-intermediate. The first book, English for Professional Nursing 2 is a book that contains English materials special for
nursing program. This book focuses on speaking practice for nursing program and nursing activities as well. Many exercises are provided in this book such as
vocabulary, language focus, listening activity, pronunciation, etc. The second book, Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-intermediate aims at improving
nurse‟s communication skills both at academic setting and at work in key areas of
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