Corpus Analysis of English Nursing Care Plan and Development of Teaching Material for the Students Who Want to Go Overseas for Their Nursing Practice

• Project/Area Number: 24520630
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: University of Miyazaki
• Principal Investigator: NAMBU Miyuki 宮崎大学, 医学部, 講師 (90550418)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
• Keywords: コーパス分析 / 看護ケアプラン / 海外看護実習 / 会話分析 / 看護英語 / 語彙分析 / コーパス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Words and expressions which are favorably or frequently used in nursing care plan are presented in this research. These results also clarified the characteristics of the usage. Analysis was carried out in a quantitative manner paying attention to making a specific word list so the students can refer it when they create their care plan in English. To acquire spoken English data, a part of conversation was also recorded in this research to clarify the characteristics the students tend to use including incorrect usage.