Teaching colloquial Australian English to medical students from non-English speaking backgrounds

Medical Education

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 412-417

  Chur Hansen, A ^a   Barrett, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Culture; Education, medical, undergraduate; England; Language; Students medical education; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0029855736     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1996.tb00860.x     Document Type: Article

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