Chinese Medical English Students’ Beliefs on Vocabulary Learning and Memory Strategies Usage

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10.2991/978-2-38476-076-3_25How to use a DOI?

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Medical English; Vocabulary Learning; Memory Strategies; Beliefs; Usage

Abstract

Medical English is seen as an important bridge in international medical exchanges and cooperation, particularly against the backdrop of globalization. As such, medical English learners should master science and technology vocabulary to compete in the world, although medical English vocabulary has been found to hinder learners’ medical English learning ability. As is known, memory strategies usage is of great importance to vocabulary learning, which significantly improves learners’ English proficiency. However, many learners still lament that medical English vocabulary is too difficult to learn. Hence, to further improve medical English learners’ language proficiency, this research investigates Chinese medical English students’ beliefs on vocabulary learning, their strategies usage and knowledge of memory strategies. A qualitative research method was applied to 10 learners from Ningxia Medical School, China. Semi-structured interview results revealed that Chinese medical English students generally believe that medical vocabulary is challenging to learn because of the complicated characteristics of the medical lexis itself. Therefore, most students believe using memory strategies in medical English lexis learning is necessary. Unfortunately, students’ understanding of memory strategies is still found to be non-ideal. It is therefore suggested that students cultivate consciousness of using memory strategies, use the fragmented time to learn medical English vocabulary as well as establish a cooperative learning environment to promote the learning effect.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Cui Hongmei
AU  - Naginder Kaur
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/07/29
TI  - Chinese Medical English Students’ Beliefs on Vocabulary Learning and Memory Strategies Usage
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Future of Asean 2023 (ICoFA 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 310
EP  - 323
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-076-3_25
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-076-3_25
ID  - Hongmei2023
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