Faculty’s and students’ perceptions on the oral skills necessary for success in medical studies and oral proficiency problems faced by medical students

Abdul Malik, Faridah and Othman, Khairiah (2019) Faculty’s and students’ perceptions on the oral skills necessary for success in medical studies and oral proficiency problems faced by medical students. In: 3rd International Language and Tourism Conference 2019 (ILTC 2019), 18th-19th October 2019, Pagoh, Johor. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Due to the importance of being able to communicate well in English for their studies and future career, this study attempted to compare and contrast between the perceptions of medical students and faculty members on the oral skills that are necessary for success in medical school and the extent of oral proficiency problems faced by the students. To this end, two sets of questionnaire were distributed to 50 faculty members and 256 medical students who were in their clinical years. The results show that there is concordance of opinion by both the medical students and faculty members on the oral English problems as faced by the students. However, it was clear that several of the oral tasks perceived as integral to their success as medical students were not judged with the same gravity as the faculty members. This was an unexpected finding and perhaps it is something worth exploring further. The implications are that the real-life experiences of the faculty members do not correspond to the perceived expectations of the medical students. This is subject to further studies in the future.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Slide Presentation)
Additional Information:	1378/78869
Uncontrolled Keywords:	medical students, faculty members, oral proficiency
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Centre for Languages and Pre-University Academic Development (CELPAD) > English Language Division Centre for Languages and Pre-University Academic Development (CELPAD)
Depositing User:	Dr Khairiah Othman
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2020 14:21
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2020 14:21
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/78869

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