Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 2 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
| Asian Culture | 2 |
| Chinese | 2 |
| Medicine | 2 |
| Word Lists | 2 |
| Associative Learning | 1 |
| Comparative Analysis | 1 |
| Cultural Differences | 1 |
| Difficulty Level | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| English for Academic Purposes | 1 |
| English for Special Purposes | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Studies in Second Language… | 2 |
Author
| Coxhead, Averil | 2 |
| Lu, Cailing | 2 |
| Boers, Frank | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| New Zealand | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textLu, Cailing; Coxhead, Averil – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This paper reports on the creation of specialized word lists in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which is a discipline using vocabulary across languages (i.e., Chinese and English) and involves learners with different L1 backgrounds. First, a TCM Word List of 2,778 specialized words was established from corpora of TCM textbooks and journal…
Descriptors: Word Lists, Vocabulary, Asian Culture, Medicine
Lu, Cailing; Boers, Frank; Coxhead, Averil – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This study explores English for specific purposes learners' understanding of technical words in a previously-developed technical word list in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The principal aim was to estimate what kind of technical terms pose problems to TCM learners and might therefore merit special attention in instruction. Of particular…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
