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Petersen, Marie Warrer; Toksvang, Linea Natalie; Plovsing, Ronni R.; Berg, Ronan M. G. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2014
The ability to recognize and diagnose acid-base disorders is of the utmost importance in the clinical setting. However, it has been the experience of the authors that medical students often have difficulties learning the basic principles of acid-base physiology in the respiratory physiology curriculum, particularly when applying this knowledge to…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Medical Students, Physiology, Science Instruction
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Thogersen, Jacob; Airey, John – English for Specific Purposes, 2011
This paper investigates the consequences of L2 use in university lectures. Data in the study stem from parallel lectures held by the same experienced lecturer in Danish (L1) and English (L2). It is found that the lecturer takes 22% longer to present the same content in L2 compared to L1, and that the lecturer speaks 23% more slowly in L2 than in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Indo European Languages