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ERIC Number: EJ238871
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980-Jan
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English Language Problems of Overseas Doctors Working in the UK.
Parkinson, Joy
English Language Teaching Journal, v34 n2 p151-56 Jan 1980
Overseas doctors working in the United Kingdom fall into two groups: those who studied medicine in English and those who did not. This article details the active and passive language skills that doctors working in England need and those in which the overseas doctors are deficient. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Medical Graduates, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Physicians, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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