Corpus-Based Studies on Nursing Textbooks

Autor/inn/en	Mohamad, Alif Fairus Nor; Jin, Ng Yu
Titel	Corpus-Based Studies on Nursing Textbooks
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 4 (2013) 2, S.21-28 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	English for Special Purposes; Nursing Education; Textbooks; English (Second Language); English for Academic Purposes; Vocabulary; Reading Skills; Language Teachers; Language Usage; Word Frequency; Foreign Countries; Textbook Content; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegepädagogik; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Wortschatz; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Sprachgebrauch; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Ausland; Lehrbuchtext
Abstract	English for Specific Purposes (ESP) educators often face dilemma in deciding what lexical items to teach their students. In the field of English for Nursing Purposes (ENP), there is no exception on this issue as well. Only by analyzing the nursing corpus made up of essential core textbooks that can provide better insights and guide to both nursing students and educators. This research aims to highlight the 2,000 most frequently used nursing words across the core textbooks of nursing and to profile the types of "low frequency" lexis which comprise the nursing corpus in terms of the General Service List (GSL) and Academic Word List (AWL) lexis coverage. By knowing the frequently used nursing words would further reduce students' reading deficiency if the students use the 2000-word list. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2018/2/04