Application of bilingual supplementary teaching materials in nursing teaching

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the quality and application of the Pocket Book of Bilingual Nursing Vocabulary of Fundamental Nursing Skills. Methods Anonymous questionnaire surveys were conducted among 180 nursing students (English orientation) of Nursing Department of Xiamen Medical College to investigate the application effectiveness of the Pocket Book of Bilingual Nursing Vocabulary of Fundamental Nursing Skills. The contents of questionnaire survey included: the students' views on vocabulary difficulty level, content, and layout of the textbook. A total of 180 questionnaires were distributed and 172 valid questionnaires were retrieved. Percentages were used to describe students' evaluation on the effectiveness of the textbooks. Results 89.4% of students' good evaluation of the teaching material was mainly manifested in the following aspects: large and highly targeted vocabulary by 84.9% (146/172), comprehensive and practical vocabulary by 89.0% (153/172), closely linked to nursing by 81.4% (140/172), focusing on English proficiency by 81.4% (140/172), learning aided with phonetic symbols by 93.0% (160/172) and easy memorizing with illustrated pictures by 94.8% (163/172), small and potable by 95.3% (164/172). Conclusion This teaching material is comprehensive, practical, small and portable and is an innovation of content and format with illustrated pictures, has been proved to be in bilingual nursing teaching. It also provides a positive valuable reference to teachers on the other bilingual teaching or compiling other supplementary bilingual textbooks. Key words: Bilingual education; Supplementary teaching materials; Nursing teaching; Application effect