THE IMPORTANCE OF GRAMMAR IN LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Аннотация

The article explores the role of grammar in ESP (English for Specific Purposes) courses for medical students. Two perspectives of learners are focused inthis issue; first, most of them consider Grammar is merely long and boring exercises with exceptions to the rules, secondly, using grammar rules in oral communication is a border to speak freely in their field. However, this research justifies that correct usage of Grammar in both written and oral communication play a vital role cultivating further knowledge in English language opening chances for mastering other basic language skills. Quantitative, qualitative and testing research methods have been utilized in order to analyze medical students’ attitude towards Grammar. The results are examined through discussing medical learners’ perceptions about learning Grammar intheir EMP(English for Medical Purposes) course. Keywords: English for Specific Purposes, quantitative , qualitative, testing methods, English for Medical Purposes, medical English, clinical communication Introduction. In an increasingly globalized medical field, English language competency and effective communication in English has become crucial for medical students to achieve professional progress and success, particularly in non-English-speaking countries. As it is said that “ It is vital for medical students to have a strong command of English as a second language, as it is the lingua franca of the medical community” [1:3]. In this regarding, English serves as a primary language for medical literature, international conferences and cross-border collaboration. It is undeniable that Grammar is afoundation in acquisition of four key language skills- listening, speaking, reading and writing. For most of medical students, Grammatical accuracy is not just an academic demand but a professional necessity, particularly in writing patient records, research papers or engaging in clinical communication. However, some others deem that Grammar is an complex and boring aspect of this language science which demotivates them to learn. Yet when the function of grammar in language learning is looked at in a bit more detail, it should be evident that it is not the teaching of grammar that is elitist, but the idea that all students can get by without any formal teaching of grammar that is an elitist approach. Complexity is not an inherent quality of grammar; grammar can be made quite simple or highly complex, depending on how it is presented [2:1] For this reason, this study aims to make a research to identify medical students intention to learn Grammar, their needs and opinions about the importance of Grammar in their study. Grammar has always been controversial issue since there have been different views and discussions regarding with the importance and function of Grammar in ESP courses by a number of researchers. Some of them deem that the grammar of any language does not necessarily help learners to use the language. However, Tarone and Rutherford argue that grammar should be taught, because without some understanding of grammar, students would not beable tocommunicate efficiently in English [4:1] Methodology. This research used a mixed-method research approaches to investigate the https://ijmri.de/index.php/jmsi volume 4,issue7,2025 27 importance of grammar in English language acquisition amid medical students of Tashkent Pediatric Medicine Institute in Nukus branch in the faculty of “Pediatrics”, “Nursing care” and “Dentistry”. The research included quantitative survey, qualitative interviews and Grammar assessment methods to justify theories about the value of Grammar in medical English. The quantitative survey explored the number of students who are taught the target language and who has IELTS certificate, then three groups were chosen to do a test on them. For interviews,we conducted with twelve selected participants to gain deeper insights into their experiences with English Grammar (students who have language certificate) In assessment section, a diagnostic grammar test was administrated to evaluate proficiency and identify common areas of difficulty. This methodological structure was created based on the previous needs-analysis questionnaire in medical Englisheducation Materials. Survey questionnaire is designed to identify how medical students attitude toward grammar and its necessity to their academic and clinical assignments. The language of questionnaireis simpleand clear to answer based ontheirlanguage level. Interview guide includes open-ended questions highlighting challenges, strategies and intention ofmedical students to grammar learning. In Grammar Diagnostic Test, all three group students participated for test including grammar topics.Variation ofthequestions was identical for all ofthem. Results. Survey findings. The results of the study reveal a great number of key points about the importance of grammar in English language acquisition amid medical students at the Tashkent PediatricMed