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Language Proficiency and Student Performa nce in English-Speaking Country Medical Schools: A Mini Review

Background. An increasing numbe r of students, who is not a native speaker, enroll in healt care courses in 'western' country, raised concern regarding potential difficulties associated with English proficiency and academic performance. The auth ors set out to determine the extent to which...

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Main Author: Winny Setyonugroho, Iman Permana
Format: Laporan Penelitian
Language: Bahasa Inggris
Published: IISTE 2015
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non native speaker, se cond language, student performance
Online Access: http://oaipmh-jogjalib.umy.ac.idkatalog.php?opo=lihatDetilKatalog&id=64527
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spelling oai:lib.umy.ac.id:645272021-06-16T13:08:09ZLanguage Proficiency and Student Performa nce in English-Speaking Country Medical Schools: A Mini ReviewWinny Setyonugroho, Iman Permananon native speaker, se cond language, student performanceBackground. An increasing numbe r of students, who is not a native speaker, enroll in healt care courses in 'western' country, raised concern regarding potential difficulties associated with English proficiency and academic performance. The auth ors set out to determine the extent to which the E nglish language proficiency of student who are not native English speakers affect the performance.Summary. Research paper descr ibing language proficiency and medical student per formance were identified from Pubmed and ProQ uest Education Databases. Thirteen papers were analyze d. There are two phases of education found in paper s, undergraduate and postgraduate. Regarding language proficiency, nine papers had English as a second language as variable while the rest using standardized language test. Two studies concluded that the standar dized test in language proficiency alone was not sufficient to adequately assess 'a non-native speaker'. Conclusion. There is a clear correlation between language proficiency and medical studen ts performance. Even more, understanding culture is important too. Sensitive issue could arise because o f this. Educator should not fear to analyze and judge student performance in the context of English-s peaking statues. Training in social skills might have a good influence in student acquisition of second langua ge.IISTE2015Laporan Penelitian-Bahasa Inggrishttp://oaipmh-jogjalib.umy.ac.idkatalog.php?opo=lihatDetilKatalog&id=64527
institution Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
collection Perpustakaan Yogyakarta
language Bahasa Inggris
topic non native speaker, se cond language, student performance
spellingShingle non native speaker, se cond language, student performance
Winny Setyonugroho, Iman Permana
Language Proficiency and Student Performa nce in English-Speaking Country Medical Schools: A Mini Review
description Background. An increasing numbe r of students, who is not a native speaker, enroll in healt care courses in 'western' country, raised concern regarding potential difficulties associated with English proficiency and academic performance. The auth ors set out to determine the extent to which the E nglish language proficiency of student who are not native English speakers affect the performance.Summary. Research paper descr ibing language proficiency and medical student per formance were identified from Pubmed and ProQ uest Education Databases. Thirteen papers were analyze d. There are two phases of education found in paper s, undergraduate and postgraduate. Regarding language proficiency, nine papers had English as a second language as variable while the rest using standardized language test. Two studies concluded that the standar dized test in language proficiency alone was not sufficient to adequately assess 'a non-native speaker'. Conclusion. There is a clear correlation between language proficiency and medical studen ts performance. Even more, understanding culture is important too. Sensitive issue could arise because o f this. Educator should not fear to analyze and judge student performance in the context of English-s peaking statues. Training in social skills might have a good influence in student acquisition of second langua ge.
format Laporan Penelitian
author Winny Setyonugroho, Iman Permana
author_sort Winny Setyonugroho, Iman Permana
title Language Proficiency and Student Performa nce in English-Speaking Country Medical Schools: A Mini Review
title_short Language Proficiency and Student Performa nce in English-Speaking Country Medical Schools: A Mini Review
title_full Language Proficiency and Student Performa nce in English-Speaking Country Medical Schools: A Mini Review
title_fullStr Language Proficiency and Student Performa nce in English-Speaking Country Medical Schools: A Mini Review
title_full_unstemmed Language Proficiency and Student Performa nce in English-Speaking Country Medical Schools: A Mini Review
title_sort language proficiency and student performa nce in english-speaking country medical schools: a mini review
publisher IISTE
publishDate 2015
url http://oaipmh-jogjalib.umy.ac.idkatalog.php?opo=lihatDetilKatalog&id=64527
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