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Spanish for Emergency Room Nursing

A task-based needs analysis

ORCiD logo with link | University of Memphis, United States
Published online: 16 December 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/task.00032.hel
Abstract
This study conducts a task-based needs analysis (NA) to (1) determine the Spanish language needs of primarily English-speaking emergency room nurses in the Southeastern US and (2) inform the design of a potential Spanish for ER Nursing course. This mixed-methods study included three phases of both data collection and analysis, adapted from Serafini, E. J., & Torres, J. (2015). The utility of needs analysis for nondomain expert instructors in designing task-based Spanish for the professions curricula. Foreign Language Annals, 48(3), 447–472. [URL]. and Malicka, A., Gilabert, G. R., & Norris, J. M. (2019). From needs analysis to task design: Insights from an English for specific purposes context. Language Teaching Research, 23(1), 78–106. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar. In Phase 1, a variety of open-ended measures were used to determine tasks common in ER settings as reported by each type of participant. In Phase 2, participants rated the frequency and importance of these tasks. In Phase 3, the participants reviewed the list of tasks in follow-up interviews. Results are presented as a series of tasks performed in the ER context, ranked according to frequency and importance. The study improves upon previous task-based needs analyses by implementing recent methodological considerations by Serafini, E. J. (2022). Adapting and advancing task-based needs analysis (NA) methodology across diverse language learning contexts. In M. J. Ahmadian & M. H. Long (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of task-based language teaching (pp. 73–98). Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar and Gilabert, R., & Malicka, A. (2022). From needs analysis to task-based design: Methodology, assessment and programme evaluation. In Task-Based Language Teaching and Assessment: Contemporary Reflections from Across the World (pp. 93–118). Springer Nature Singapore.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar.
Article outline
  • Literature review
    • The needs analysis in medical contexts
  • A case for a strong task-based approach
  • Methodological considerations
  • The present study
  • Research question
  • Methodology
    • Context
    • Participants
      • Domain superiors
      • Domain experts
      • Domain insiders
    • Procedures
      • Phase 1
      • Phase 2
      • Phase 3
  • Results
    • Phase 1
    • Phase 2
    • Phase 3
  • Pedagogical implications
    • Course objectives
    • An example pedagogical task sequence
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Limitations
  • Recommendations for future research
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
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