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Despite advancements in the pedagogy of medical education in various fields, Japan has no standardized medical English education. The U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Study Group of Tokushima is an extracurricular activity in which medical students and recent graduates meet every 1-2 months. The aim is to sti…

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: In the context of deepening globalization, English, as the primary language for international communication, has become an indispensable component of personal academic, professional, and social capabilities. For college students, English proficiency is not only a key factor for academic success but…

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate the English training requirements, priorities, and related factors of non-native English-speaking nurses. BACKGROUND: Few studies have focused on the English training requirements of nurses in non-native English-speaking hospitals, and even fewer applied quantitative methods to anal…

China's economy has become more globalized in the twenty-first century. English has become the primary means of communication and trade between people and other countries as the economy has rapidly developed. As a result, colleges and universities have increased the English proficiency and teaching quality criteria for…

INTRODUCTION: Academic stress is a significant and prevalent phenomenon among college students. According to the Demands-Resources Model, when individuals are unable to cope with stress that exceeds their capacity, burnout may occur. Although English courses hold a significant position in university education, there ha…

Despite substantial research, the contribution of oral language skills acquired in Spanish to Spanish-English bilingual children's acquisition of English reading skill is unclear. The current study addressed this question with data on the oral language and pre-literacy skills of 101 Spanish-English bilingual learners a…

BACKGROUND: Health technology assessment (HTA) reports are based on comprehensive information retrieval. Current standards discourage the use of search restrictions, such as publication date and language. Given limited resources, it was unclear whether the effort invested in screening and translating studies published…

This study examined overlap and correlates of poor reading comprehension in English and French for children in early French immersion. Poor comprehenders were identified in grade 3 in English and French using a regression method to predict reading comprehension scores from age, non-verbal reasoning, word reading accura…

Sensitive perception to environmental sound is important for an individual's daily life since it helps in responding to the environment quickly and avoiding potential risks. It remains unclear, however, whether and how bilingual experiences with different native language backgrounds influence brain responses reflecting…

BACKGROUND: Peer-assisted learning has been shown to be constructive in numerous aspects of undergraduate medical education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of peer-assisted teaching of medical English skills to non-native English-speaking students. METHODS: A medical English conversation c…

Along with the progress of natural language processing technology and deep learning, the subjectivity, slow feedback, and long grading time of traditional English essay grading have been addressed. Intelligent English automatic scoring has been widely concerned by scholars. Given the limitations of topic relevance feat…

With the continuous development of global trade in recent years, business English has received more and more attention as a medium of communication. Business English is a branch of English, and in order to meet the practical needs in business, business English is involved in various business disciplines from foreign tr…

Language learning through computer games has been suggested to enhance language abilities compared with traditional learning methods. Training in language skills may also improve self-control and reduce problematic behaviors in children and adolescents. We hypothesized that computer game-based language training could b…

In children's learning subjects, English courses has its relative particularity compared with Chinese courses and the mathematics. Children's English teaching is often inefficient because of the lack of students' timely consolidation after class. Given this, the present work starts with the analysis of the current situ…

The present study aimed to investigate the differences between translated and non-translated English texts with regard to interactional metadiscourse features, which are crucial in engaging readers in the reasoning process and establishing the credibility of a proposition. Despite numerous studies investigating lexical…

English writing is not only a cognitive process for college students, it is also influenced by factors related to the emotional or psychological level. With the continuous improvement of the quality of university education cultivation, the pressure faced by college students has increased significantly, which has also g…

Vocabulary represents a key barrier to language and literacy development for many English learners. This study examined the relationship between Spanish-speaking English learners' conceptually-scored Spanish-English vocabulary, academic English proficiency, and English reading comprehension. Second- and fourth-grade En…

OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to determine if performance on speech and non-speech clinical measures of auditory perception differs between two groups of adults: self-identified native speakers of English and non-native speakers of English who speak Spanish as a first language. The overall objective was to est…

The study aimed to examine whether L1 speech rhythm affects L2 speech by assessing how the speech rhythm of Japanese L2 English speakers differed from native speakers. We chose Japanese and English because they differ markedly in the phonological properties that likely contribute to speech rhythm. Speech rhythm was mea…

Deep learning has an increasingly far-reaching impact on classroom teaching and is an important trend driving the application of educational technology in schools. In the traditional lecture-style teaching process, students are mostly in a passive listening and memorizing state. Simple memorization and repeated trainin…