| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第8-11页 |
| 目录 | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·The object of the research | 第16页 |
| ·The rationale of the research | 第16-17页 |
| ·High-standard nurses needed | 第16-17页 |
| ·Nursing talents lacked | 第17页 |
| ·Individual experience | 第17页 |
| ·Recent study on nursing English teaching | 第17-18页 |
| ·The objectives of the present study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第19页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Overview of ESP theory | 第21-37页 |
| ·The origins of ESP and its development | 第21-24页 |
| ·The origins of ESP | 第21-22页 |
| ·The development of ESP | 第22-24页 |
| ·The difinition of ESP and its classification | 第24-27页 |
| ·The definition of ESP | 第24-26页 |
| ·The classification of ESP | 第26-27页 |
| ·Research achievements of foreign countries | 第27-28页 |
| ·Relevant research in our country | 第28-37页 |
| ·Course design and needs analysis | 第29-31页 |
| ·Teachers | 第31-32页 |
| ·Syllabus | 第32页 |
| ·Materials | 第32-33页 |
| ·Teaching methodology | 第33页 |
| ·Teaching means | 第33-34页 |
| ·Teaching evaluation | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Three The situation of Nursing English teaching in Shanxi | 第37-55页 |
| ·About the course of Nursing English | 第37-38页 |
| ·Faculty | 第38-41页 |
| ·Educational background | 第38-39页 |
| ·Career background | 第39-40页 |
| ·Scientific research | 第40页 |
| ·Teaching realization | 第40-41页 |
| ·Students' needs analysis and social needs analysis | 第41-48页 |
| ·Target needs analysis | 第41-43页 |
| ·Learning needs analysis | 第43-45页 |
| ·Social needs analysis | 第45-48页 |
| ·Teaching materials | 第48-50页 |
| ·Writing of teaching materials | 第48页 |
| ·Choice of teaching materials | 第48-50页 |
| ·Teaching Methodology | 第50-52页 |
| ·Teaching Evaluation | 第52-54页 |
| ·Brief summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Four Probe into the nursing English teaching reform based on ESP theoryand survey | 第55-65页 |
| ·Reform direction and phylosophy | 第55-57页 |
| ·The shift of teaching concept | 第55-56页 |
| ·The shift of nursing concept | 第56-57页 |
| ·The clarity of teaching objectives | 第57-58页 |
| ·The enhancement of nursing culture and nursing English practice | 第58-59页 |
| ·The training of Nursing English teachers | 第59-60页 |
| ·Rich teaching methodology | 第60-63页 |
| ·Scientific teaching assessment and evaluation system | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| ·Reform in macroscopic vision | 第65页 |
| ·Reform in microscopic vision | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-77页 |
| Publication(s) | 第77-79页 |
| Personal Profiles | 第79-81页 |
