The oral production of English language in Bachelors of Nursing that attend to postgraduate courses

Abstract

Background:

Postgraduate education guarantees the preparation of professionals with the purpose of completing and to upgrade their knowledge, abilities and values, needed for a better professional performance. In this investigation with a particular attention to the English oral production of Bachelors of Nursing by means of postgraduate courses that constitutes a priority for the cultural and social exchange and the scientific and investigative improvement.

Objective:

To determine the state of the oral production of English as a foreign language in Bachelors of Nursing that attend to postgraduate courses at the Medical University of Sancti Spíritus.

Methodology:

The investigation was developed in 2019 - 2020 course, in Sancti Spíritus Medical University; a qualitative study was used, to reach an understanding the phenomena and facts, according to the contexts, with the application of theoretical methods like analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive, from the abstract to the concrete and empirical methods such as, document analysis, observation and interview.

Results:

Bachelors of Nursing that attend to postgraduate courses exhibit difficulties in the oral production of English evidenced on: grammatical mistakes, lack of vocabulary to comment about some communicative situations and difficulties in fluency appreciable by unnecessary repetitions that affect communication.

Conclusions:

The study showed the Bachelors of Nursing difficulties in the oral production of English, aspect that should be strengthened and individualized and urges the necessity of looking for solution to this problem from the scientific and investigative point of view.