A CEF Professional Profile for Pharmacy Assistants

This book presents the process of ESP sample material design for the Pharmacy Assistants¿ specialization. For the design of this material, the present study develops a new professional profile for Pharmacy Assistants, structured along the principles of the Common European Framework Professional Profiles. The basic template of the CEF Professional Profiles is used for the needs analysis administration as well as for the design of the material. Needs analysis was conducted to identify the language and communication needs of Pharmacy Assistants and create the new CEF Professional Profile. Interviews and text analysis are the methods that were employed for the collection of data for the profile. The outcomes of this research offer a new professional profile for Pharmacy Assistants, which can assist ESP practitioners to effectively identify language and communication needs of the particular profession and develop a suitable ESP course.