ورقة بحثية
صعوبات المقارنة بين المفردات غير العلمية العامة والمصطلحات العلمية / الطبية في اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة ثانية لطلاب الطب = Comparative Difficulties with Non-Scientific General Vocabulary and Scientific/Medical Terminology in English as a Second Language (ESL) Medical Students

Heming, Thomas A.


 

صعوبات المقارنة بين المفردات غير العلمية العامة والمصطلحات العلمية / الطبية في اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة ثانية لطلاب الطب = Comparative Difficulties with Non-Scientific General Vocabulary and Scientific/Medical Terminology in English as a Second Language (ESL) Medical Students

Heming, Thomas A.

Objectives: Medical education requires student comprehension of both technical (scientific/ medical) and non-technical (general) vocabulary. Our experience with “English as a second language” (ESL) Arab students suggested they often have problems comprehending scientific statements because of weaknesses in their understanding of non-scientific vocabulary. This study aimed to determine whether ESL students have difficulties with general vocabulary that could hinder their understanding of scientific/medical texts. Methods: A survey containing English text was given to ESL students in the premedical years of an English-medium medical school in an Arabic country. The survey consisted of sample questions from the Medical College Admission Test (USA). Students were instructed to identify all unknown words in the text. Results: ESL students commenced premedical studies with substantial deficiencies in English vocabulary. Students from English-medium secondary schools had a selective deficiency in scientific/medical terminology which disappeared with time. Students from Arabicmedium secondary schools had equal difficulty with general and scientific/medical vocabulary. Deficiencies in both areas diminished with time but remained even after three years of English-medium higher education. Conclusion: Typically, when teaching technical subjects to ESL students, attention is focused on subject-unique vocabulary and associated modifiers. This study highlights that ESL students also face difficulties with the general vocabulary used to construct statements employing technical words. Such students would benefit from increases in general vocabulary knowledge.

Objectives: Medical education requires student comprehension of both technical (scientific/ medical) and non-technical (general) vocabulary. Our experience with “English as a second language” (ESL) Arab students suggested they often have problems comprehending scientific statements because of weak...

مادة فرعية

المؤلف : Heming, Thomas A.

مؤلف مشارك : Shobha Nandagopal

بيانات النشر : Muscat، Sultanate of Oman : Sultan Qaboos University / College of Medicine and Health Sciences، 2012مـ.

التصنيف الموضوعي : اللغات|اللغة الانجليزية .

المواضيع : Medical education - Sultanate of Oman.

التعليم الطبي - سلطنة عمان.

Medical english .

اللغة الإنجليزية في الطب .

رقم الطبعة : 4

المصدر : Sultan Qaboos University / College of Medicine and Health Sciences : Muscat، Sulatante of Oman.

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