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Assignment : Needs Assessment and Discourse Analysis
Two scenarios will be provided through Blackboard. Students will have an option to select one scenario of the two for this assignment. Each scenario will describe a specific group of learners who will use English in their professions in an international setting.
On the basis of each scenario, students are required to write a report on needs analysis followed by a discourse analysis of the linguistic features of the scenario (refer to Chapters 5-8 of the textbook). This assignment is in the form of report. No references are needed. Be creative.
Length: 1500 words
Scenario One
Implementation of technology in health care has become a global trend. More and more nurses need to encounter with the application of communications and information technologies in their everyday work. A group of 16nurses from Vietnam will arrive at John Hunter Hospital in Australia for a 5 week professional training program on how to use new technologies in nursing care.
During their stay, they will learn new products, devices and skills to enter and see the largest amount of data put into the electronic health record at John Hunter.
They will also attend seminars by senior nurses and specialists and observe the successful implementation of modern technology in nursing, how it affects their nursing profession, and the competencies they are required to have in the process. Most of the nurses are competent in listening and reading, but poor in speaking.You are asked to prepare an ESP course before their training program.
Scenario Two
A delegation of 8 marketing managers at Hyundai Motor Company from South Korea willvisit Australia for an international trade event and exhibition, aiming to investigate the quality of their cars and needs of market in an exhibition in Sydney.
During their stay in Australia, they will visit two local or regional trading operations to investigate Hyundai's various line-ups, design and technologies and communicate with local technicians and engineers for their comments in the two branches.
Then they will give presentations about their product updates in the exhibition event to attract more international trade opportunities. Most of the managers have an intermediate level of general English. Their schedule is tight but the task is urgent. You are asked to prepare a two week intensive ESP course for these managers to get ready for their Australia's visit and exhibition.