Recall of general and medical vocabulary and text structure knowledge: An experimental study of English for Medical Purposes

Background and purpose: A 3-unit course is dedicated to general language in medical universities and the vocabulary and text structure of the courses have usually no relation to medical language. We examine whether teaching general language will be as effective as medical language as assessed throug...

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Main Author: Esmat Noohi Zarein-Dolab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services 2009-08-01
Series:Journal of Medical Education
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Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/jme/article/view/1251