THE USE OF MEDICAL MOVIE “THE GOOD DOCTOR” AS A TEACHING MEDIA IN ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (A Case Study at Vocational School High School in Tasikmalaya)

Abstract

This research is focused on identifying the needs of English vocabulary needed by medical students with learning media through the film “The Good Doctor”. This study aims to determine the vocabulary needed by medical students and students' perceptions of the film “The Good Doctor” as a teaching media for English vocabulary for medical students. This research use a qualitative case study design. This research was conducted in a Vocational School in Tasikmalaya. To collect data, the researcher combined the data obtained from thirty-one participants consisting of one English teacher and thirty medical students using semistructured interviews and an open questionnaire. The results of semi-structured interviews showed that the English vocabulary needed by medical students contained a collection of English vocabulary specific terms for drugs, diseases, medical equipment, etc. Meanwhile, the results of the open-ended questionnaire based on students' perceptions indicate that medical vocabulary is important, because learning English vocabulary can increase students' knowledge, especially special vocabulary, and learning English medical vocabulary is useful for their careers. Finally, the researcher provides suggestions for student, teacher, and to other on how to increase the needs of vocational students, especially the English vocabulary needed by medical students. The pedagogy of this research is to allow the teachers use films for teaching media in ESP classes.