Introduction:

English in Cuba, is considered the second priority language in education. English for Specific Purposes comes in response to the need to learn this language as a means of study or tool of work, adapting to the professional needs.

Objective:

To analyze the contribution of the study of English discipline in the Bachelor in Nursing.

Methods:

A systematic and thoughtful review, of documents, original and review articles published in various journals in English and Spanish, from 2001 up to 2016. 34 items were analyzed in publications of national and international journals indexed in Dialnet bases, Medline and Scielo data. There were identified and reviewed 18 in depth articles, theses, as well as updated books that allowed an analysis through theoretical methods, specifically the logical historical evolution of the theme enunciated. The functions and duties of teaching English for Specific Purposes in the formation of a degree in nursing were defined.

Conclusions:

English for Specific Purposes, since its inception, has been an approach based on the specific needs to teaching-learning that the students have. This approach meets the demands of professional performance raises training Degree in Nursing in relation to their communicative competence as it encourages the construction of knowledge through problem solving in different areas of their performance.

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