Book chapter
OVERCOMING LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MEDICAL ENCOUNTERS: THE USE OF A LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TRAINING COURSE (LACT) IN EDUCATING IMGS IN AUSTRALIA
Innovation and Leadership in English Language Teaching, pp 175-210
01 Jan 2011
Abstract
The language and culture training course for international medical graduates (IMGs) draws upon a theoretical framework within discourse analysis and intercultural communication to understand how institutional/professional discourse unfolds within multilingual and multicultural societies. Through this training course, IMGs play a threefold role, as observers, participants, and researchers. They observe how communication develops in different contexts and reflect upon it, actively participate in social activities and modulate their talk in response to recipients' contributions, and become researchers in the process of exploring the best communicative practices through the analysis and assessment of their own and others' communicative performances.
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- Title
- OVERCOMING LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MEDICAL ENCOUNTERS: THE USE OF A LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TRAINING COURSE (LACT) IN EDUCATING IMGS IN AUSTRALIA
- Creators
- Barbara J. Hoekje - Drexel UniversitySara M. Tipton - Wayne State Univ, English Language Inst, Detroit, MI 48202 USA
- Contributors
- B J Hoekje (Editor)S M Tipton (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Innovation and Leadership in English Language Teaching, pp 175-210
- Series
- Innovation and Leadership in English Language Teaching
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing; BINGLEY
- Number of pages
- 36
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000341838800010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85051692204
- Other Identifier
- 991019168567404721
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