Developing English competency in nursing students

Abstract

Abstracts
Developing English competency of nursing students in the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in accordance with entering the ASEAN community is a current priority in nursing school. Boromarajonnani College of Nursing, Suratthani has implemented project-based learning using the following approaches: 1) review models in English teaching among instructors and the course coordinator 2) clarify the teaching method to students consisting of 3-step activities including practicing language skills while working on the project, presentation of the project, and the feedback and 3) collaborative assessment among instructors and course coordinator. The results shown that the students were able to practice and integrate all four English language skills during the program, therefore this is one of the methods to increase student’s competency in the English language.

Keywords: English competency, Nursing student, Project base