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INTRODUCTION: Patients with non-English language preference and English-speaking patients may have different critical care outcomes. It is important to examine how both patient groups compare in critical care admissions via the emergency department because patients with non-English language preference can be frequent u…

This study investigated the influences of lexical characteristics and talker accent on English spoken word recognition by first-language (L1) Korean second-language (L2) speakers of English. Stimuli were words that varied in phonological neighborhood density (PND) and word frequency (WF), produced by a L1 English speak…

Debates about subject English in Australia are often conducted through the senior years curriculum. In light of the anticipated interest in the new Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) English study design released in 2022 to be implemented in 2023, this paper outlines the current state of research on the VCE Engli…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether non-English-speaking patients who present to an emergency department have more diagnostic tests ordered, higher admission rate, and longer length of stay in the ED than English-speaking patients for 2 common complaints, chest pain and abdominal pain. METHODS: This prospective, com…

BACKGROUND: The proportion of non-native English speakers is increasing in the United States. We sought to determine if limited English proficiency in callers to 9-1-1 for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is associated with provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and delays in telephone-assisted CPR.…

Over the past 30 years, several Manual Codes on English have been developed in the United States. Unlike American Sign Language, which is a language independent of English, manual codes of English were designed to specifically reflect English and are signed in English word order. The first such system to appear during…

We aimed to investigate the relationship between reading difficulties in native language (NL: Polish) and English as a foreign language in dyslexia in English and Polish students, respectively, and to develop a model of relations between NL phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, verbal short-term memory, and…

Second language (L2) learners often face a number of obstacles in acquiring target-like speech production patterns. This study examines L1 Japanese speakers' production of L2 English /l/ to investigate how they implement position-dependent allophonic variation while overcoming mismatches between Japanese (L1) and Engli…

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major changes in pedagogical practices worldwide. As COVID-19 cases increased, universities had to move their teaching online, requiring both instructors and students to engage through online learning platforms. This study explored the effects of students' online learning readiness and…

This article examines the relationship between English medium instruction (EMI) teachers' classroom English proficiency and their teaching self-efficacy. The literature review highlights the difference between general language proficiency and classroom language proficiency by focusing on the EMI teachers' language of i…

The present research explored how foreign language listening anxiety (FLLA) affected Chinese university students' English listening test performance and how proficiency and gender mediated the effects of FLLA on the latter. Two different populations from two universities in China answered the 20-item Foreign Language L…

This study investigated conceptual representations changes in bilinguals. Participants were Indonesian-English bilinguals (dominant in Indonesian, with different levels of English proficiency) and a control group composed of English-dominant bilinguals. All completed a gender decision task, in which participants decide…

The pitch range of L2 English, produced by native speakers of Jordanian Arabic learning English, compared to that of L1 English and L1 Arabic has not yet been explored. This study investigates whether there is a difference in pitch range between L1 English and L1 Arabic and between L1 Arabic and L2 English. Twelve Jord…

OBJECTIVES: English classes were made compulsory in French medical schools by a 1992 statute. The aim of this work is to describe current characteristics of this teaching program. METHODS: A questionnaire designed by experts in the teaching of medical English was sent to the 41 medical schools in metropolitan France.…

Previous studies have shown that characteristics of a person's first language (L1) may transfer to a second language (L2). The current study looks at the extent to which this holds for aspects of intonation as well. More specifically, we investigate to what extent traces of the L1 can be discerned in the way intonation…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to gather additional evidence for the validity and reliability of spoken English proficiency ratings provided by trained standardized patients (SPs) in high-stakes clinical skills examination. METHOD: Over 2500 candidates who took the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Gr…

Publishing medical papers in English is important as English remains the predominant language for most medical papers (both electronic and traditional journal publications). In addition, journals with the highest impact factors are published in English and a publication in English thus enhances the visibility of author…

BACKGROUND: From 2012-2015, the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Pediatrics at the University of Copenhagen conducted a project, "Internationalization at Home ", offering clinical teaching in English. The project allowed international students to work with Danish speaking students in a clinical setting.…

Foreign languages are becoming an essential prerequisite for a successful carrier among all professions including public health professionals in many countries. The expanding role of English as a mode of communication allows for university graduates to project and to seek their career in English-speaking countries. The…

An analysis of the language backgrounds of 237 persons in a psychology department subject pool is presented. Specific findings indicate that (a) only about two-thirds of the subjects were native speakers of English, (b) native English speakers can be divided into several different groups on the basis of bilingual backg…