•English as a Second Language in Nursing Alliance
•Minutes
•April 5, 2007
•1400hrs.
•Present: Linda Kochnick
•
Myong Tyler
• Dianne
McAdams-Jones
• Young
Mi Kim
• Young
Ha Moon
• Sung
Mi Moon 1600 hrs
• Choonok
Kim 1600hrs.
•The meeting was opened with a statement of the purpose for the meeting which is to teach the students English in
conversation as well as in nursing. It was pointed out although
it is a bit of a struggle in a foreign land and the tendency is to stick with things that are comfortable. However, in a situation
of learning, the student who speaks another language would be better benefited by the
system if the common language was spoken: in this case English. The
students agreed. They mentioned that one of the bigger problems was the fact that nursing in itself has
its own language. Linda expounded on that point by saying this would
be a good point from which to start. Another issue is the slang used in the English language.
Most foreigners learn proper English but Americans rarely speak proper English.
•The plan is to weekly go
through the systems and introduce nursing terms that are pertinent to that system..ie…the bowels….the English
language has several descriptors for this term….ie..poop, bm, poo poo and
etc. Young Mi mentioned how when she first came to America, she had an appendectomy.
The nurse asked her if she had passed gas. She said she knew what gas was but not in the sense of a “fart’;
her friend had to tell her tell her what this phrase meant….a fart.
•Linda mentioned test review and maybe some sample questions
for the students so they would learn to think about the questions on the levels in which they would likely be tested. Myong stated he would be happy to do these reviews.
•The plan for next
week by Thursday is to have a set of vocab/slang for the head/neuro and each week we will do the same for another system.
We will meet bi monthly for vocab and reviews.
•Meeting
adjourned at 1445. Next meeting will be set by Myong.
