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Peer reviewedParkinson, Joy – English Language Teaching Journal, 1980
Overseas doctors working in the United Kingdom fall into two groups: those who studied medicine in English and those who did not. This article details the active and passive language skills that doctors working in England need and those in which the overseas doctors are deficient. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Medical Graduates, Language Proficiency, Language Skills
