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International Journal of Language and Linguistics

ISSN 2374-8850 (Print), 2374-8869 (Online)

Vol. 1, No. 2; December 2014

A Blended-Learning Setting in English for Medical Purposes Course Incorporating
Competencies
Jafar Asgari Arani
Facculty Member
Kashan University of Medical Sciences

Abstract
The objectives of the study were to investigate the medical English needs of the students of medicine, to develop a
Blended-Learning competency-based EMP course module for the students of medicine, and to examine the
opinions of students toward the course module. The qualitative data from the interview were analyzed by content
analysis while the quantitative data from the questionnaire survey were analyzed using descriptive statistics
(mean, percentage, and standard deviation). The results of t = -15.09 indicated that the participants in the study
had higher scores in their posttest than in the pretest at a significant level (p< .05). The standard deviation of all
criteria (SD