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Download full textAlqurashi, Fahad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study explored the English language needs of 156 Saudi fellowship doctors and students of medical majors who are enrolled at medical and training programs in Australian hospitals and universities. Data were collected via a questionnaire adopted from a previous study. Participants' responses showed the most frequently used language subskills…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Medical Students
Direct linkButorac, Donna – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2014
Learning English is an important aspect of post-migration settlement in Australia, and new migrants with beginner to intermediate proficiency are strongly encouraged to attend government-subsidised English language classes. Underpinning the framing and delivery of these classes is a commitment to the discursive construction of Australia as an…
Descriptors: Race, Immigrants, Females, English (Second Language)
Fotovatian, Sepideh – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2015
Globalisation and increased patterns of immigration have turned workplace interactions to arenas for intercultural communication entailing negotiation of identity, membership and "social capital". For many newcomer immigrants, this happens in an additional language and culture--English. This paper presents interaction experiences of four…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Global Approach, Intercultural Communication
Dahm, Maria R.; Yates, Lynda – TESL Canada Journal, 2013
Canada, like other first-world countries, relies in large part on professional immigrants trained in other cultures and languages to complement its workforce in a wide range of professions, including medicine. International medical graduates (IMGs) who are nonnative English-speaking (NNES) and who have trained in different medical contexts are…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Work Environment
Peer reviewedFarrell, Lesley – Language and Education, 2000
Explores ways in which working identities are discursively constructed in contemporary workplaces, arguing that the construction of new kinds of working identities is a primary function of the contemporary workplace, a function mandated by global discourses of quality management and mediated by workplace educators at local sites. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedWilling, Ken – Prospect, 1997
Drawing on native/non-native speaker discourse data from goal-oriented interaction in Australian workplaces, it is argued that modality is inherently a centrally important function in such discussions, and that appropriately nuanced expression of modality is often crucial to "getting the job done," and that emphasis should be given to…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication
