International journal of education and learning
Vol 4, No 1: April 2022

Improving nurses’ ESP communicative competence by digital storytelling method

Anita Purba (Universitas Simalungun)
Semaria Eva Elita Girsang (Universitas Simalungun)
Tiodora Fransiska Silalahi (Universitas Simalungun)
Erikson Saragih (Universitas Prima Indonesia, Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Apr 2022

Abstract

The quality of Indonesian nurses promoted to work abroad is greatly affected by their ability to communicate in medical English. A number of previous studies have explored the effectiveness of using digital storytelling in the foreign language learning process. However, research on the application of this method to improve communication competence in ESP nursing is still very limited. This research aims to test the effectiveness of using the Digital Storytelling (DST) method on nurses’ English communication competence. Using classroom action research design, with 125 nurses’ samples, the study proves that there is a significant effect on nurses' communication skills (grammatical competence, strategic competence, and sociolinguistic competence). In addition, the majority of the students responded positively to the use of this method, particularly in terms of increasing their confidence in communicating in English in general and medical English in particular. The strength and limitations of this method are also discussed in this study.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijele

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The International Journal of Education and Learning (IJELE) is an international journal to provide an international forum for the sharing, dissemination, and discussion of research, experience, and perspectives across a wide range of teaching, development, curriculum, instruction, innovations, ...