Fundamental Study of English for Medicine: ICT-Based Integrative Material Development

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370636
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: Higuchi Akihiko 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域教育学系, 教授 (20189765)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HASHIGUCHI Tomo 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域教育学系, 教授 (90315440) ; TOREMARCO John 鹿児島大学, 教育センター, 准教授 (60389096)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ＥＳＰ / 医学英語 / 看護英語 / 医学語語構成分析 / 痛み、症状分析 / 看護英語教科書出版

Outline of Final Research Achievements

First of all, this study summarized the following items in English for medicine: such as 'word structure' in English for medicine, basic symptoms, pains, fundamental knowledge of medicine, and doctor-patient, or nurse-patinet talks in hospital. These items were finally included into a textbook and published in First Aid!: Integrative approach to English for Nursing by Kinseido Publishing Co. Then secondly, the author of the textbook made oral presentation twice in Japan: one for English for Medicine at Seinan Gakuin University (JACET), and the other for English for Nursing at Kumamoto University (JACET) conferences. He also made his oral presentation in an International Conference in Malasia in 2014.

Free Research Field

応用言語学