Interviewer:Gulasal Bakirova (further will be as GB)
Interviewee: Soniya Abduganiyeva (further will be as AS) GB: Good morning! AS: Good morning! GB: If you have some free time, let me ask some questions about English in your workplace. AS: Yes! You may. GB: Have you ever communicated with foreigners in your workplace? AS: Well, I’d twice. I had to speak in English because they were foreigners. GB: Can you talk efficiently? AS: No I don’t think, we spoke very well but we understood each other. GB: What do you think medics have to learn English in their future careers? AS: Definitely! They need to learn English. We don’t know what kind of people will be ill and we don’t know how to communicate with them. GB: What kind of barriers do the doctors come across while they speak in English? AS: What does it mean “barriers” GB: It means difficulty. AS: as for me, it is difficult to explain the illness which they have and he name of illness in English and the name technics. GB: can you share some situations where you use English most? AS: especially in the hospital and patients’ houses. GB: what kind of tasks do you have to perform in English? AS: the illness which I have to explain they have and what to do with it. GB: thank you!
Appendix II (questionnaire) 1. Personal information Name: Mukhiddin Surname: Kurbanov Occupation : dentist
Age: 32
Gender: male
Phone number:
2. Strengths and weaknesses towards English proficiency
Skills
Very weak
Weak
Fair
Good
Very good
Grammar
+
Vocabulary
+
Pronunciation
+
Speaking
+
Listening
+
Reading
+
Writing
+
3. The language skills that doctors need to be improved most in their job Speaking
Speaking about daily activities. 4. 3. 2. 1
Explaining some ideas 4. 3. 2. 1
Listening
Understanding the instructions, questions. 4. 3. 2. 1
Listening the audios. 4. 3. 2. 1
Reading
Comprehending textbooks. 4. 3. 2. 1
Articles. 4. 3. 2. 1
Writing
Taking notes. 4. 3. 2. 1
Writing recipes. 4. 3. 2. 1
3. The situations where the doctors use English most (1-6)
1. Personal information Name: Soniya Surname: Abduganiyeva Occupation : pediatrician
Age: 28
Gender: female
Phone number:936355929
2. Strengths and weaknesses towards English proficiency
Skills
Very weak
Weak
Fair
Good
Very good
Grammar
+
Vocabulary
+
Pronunciation
+
Speaking
+
Listening
+
Reading
+
Writing
+
3. The language skills that doctors need to be improved most in their job Speaking
Speaking about daily activities. 4. 3. 2. 1
Explaining some ideas 4. 3. 2. 1
Listening
Understanding the instructions, questions. 4. 3. 2. 1
Listening the audios. 4. 3. 2. 1 Reading
Comprehending textbooks. 4. 3. 2. 1
Articles. 4. 3. 2. 1
Writing
Taking notes. 4. 3. 2. 1
Writing recipes. 4. 3. 2. 1
3. The situations where the doctors use English most (1-6)
Situations
Frequency
Educating patients
3
Giving advice
1
Giving instructions
2
Writing in the patient admission forms
4
Explaining drug instructions
6
Explaining laboratory tests
5
4. The doctors preferences regarding useful activities for learning English. Sign only two of them.
Activities
Frequency
Pair work
+
Whole class
Group work
+
Out of the class
Individual
+
5. The medical topics the doctors want most to learn