Journal of Islamic Education Students
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): Inpress

English Needs Analysis for Nursing Students: A Workplace Survey for Designing English for Nursing Purposes Materials

Febriani, Lia (Unknown)
Engkartini, Engkartini (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Mar 2026

Abstract

Need analysis is an important stage before designing the material English for Specific Purposes. The study aims to (1) identify the role of English in a healthcare setting (2) identify the need of English for nursing students in their workplace (3) design the appropriate syllabus for nursing students at Al-Irsyad University of Cilacap. The respondents were nurses studying for bachelor’s at UNAIC and working in some health settings in Cilacap. A learner-centered learning approach was applied in this study. The result of the study showed they hardly ever practiced English in their workplace with a mean of reading (1,8), listening (1,6), writing (1,5), and speaking (1,3). The need of English for nursing in their workplace was neither rare in using. They had difficulties in learning four English skills with a mean for speaking (2,4), listening (2,3), reading (2,2), and writing (2,1). Nevertheless, they thought that English was important for them to obtain information, get a scholarship, and fulfill their personal needs. Some material topics were mentioned to learn during the nursing study such as checking identity bracelets and some therapeutic communication topics. Based on the result mentioned, the syllabus is then designed with the four skills in English and put them all in their learning.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jies

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Subject

Education

Description

Journal of Islamic Education Students (JIES) with ISSN 2797-0108 (Online) and 2797-0116 (Print), published by the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus batusangkar. Journal of Islamic Education Students (JIES) is published twice a year; in May and ...