Abstract:
This study is aimed at discussing about medical vocabulary and how
to teach medical vocabulary. Since English is the lingua franca of medicine
and most scientific fields, it is important to learn English and medical
vocabulary. The way to teach medical vocabulary using documentary film
Victorian Pharmacy is the focus of this study.
Victorian Pharmacy is documentary film which is shown in BBC in July
2010. It was made for BBC by independent production company Lion
Television. The executive producer was David Upshal. It was filmed at Blist
Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire. This film represents life in 19th century. It
describes about how to cure and how to treat a disease or ailment. It tells
about some substance that already known illegal or dangerous for this era.
The results of this study are the classification of medical vocabulary
used in Victorian Pharmacy film. This research focuses on the classification of
the word and the way to teach medical vocabulary. There are 62 vocabularies
found in Victorian Pharmacy film transcript. There are some types of word
form, but in this study the researcher finds 3 categories. It consists of 53
nouns, 1 verb, and 8 adjectives. The classification of medical vocabulary
abridges the students learn and comprehend English. It facilitates the student
to make sentences or speak. The film itself assists the student to learn
medical vocabulary blissfully. The combining of audio and video is useful for
language teaching. Visual audio input and stimulate deeper comprehension.
Teaching medical vocabulary to vocational pharmacy high school using
Victorian Pharmacy documentary film is appropriate. The film is related with
the habits of pharmacy students. The researcher found that Victorian
Pharmacy film is the good media to facilitate teaching learning process for
mastering English related to the student daily lives
