Some educators and teachers stated that the reason of the major failures in foreign language teaching was that teachers could not help their students to discover the personal meaning of the information they provided. To deal with the problem that students were regarded as containers and classroom learning was dull, humanistic approaches were put forward.
In order to promote efficient communication between nurses in Beijing hospitals and foreign patients, EOP (English for Occupational Purposes) courses specifically for nurses are demanded. This paper introduces the main procedures for setting up an EOP course for nurses in Beijing.
