English for Academic Purposes Related to Dentistry: Analyzing the Reading Comprehension Process

The Universidad de la República, in Uruguay, offers reading comprehension in English courses within the career of dentistry for students to access information in this language. The study sought to analyze the fulfilment of the course’s aims and to test the hypothesis that the greater the vocabulary...

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Main Author: Patricia Carabelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2021-07-01
Series:Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/86965
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description The Universidad de la República, in Uruguay, offers reading comprehension in English courses within the career of dentistry for students to access information in this language. The study sought to analyze the fulfilment of the course’s aims and to test the hypothesis that the greater the vocabulary that dentistry students possess, the better they will be able to understand written dentistry texts. A mixed approach, based on interviews and a class survey, was used. Data showed that the course’s objectives were achieved. Participants stated that the course is highly meaningful, and they believed that the previously mentioned correlation exists. However, this could not be statistically verified, which indicates that multiple reading comprehension skills are involved when trying to understand academic texts.
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dentistry
english for academic purposes
lexical acquisition
reading comprehension
title English for Academic Purposes Related to Dentistry: Analyzing the Reading Comprehension Process
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title_short English for Academic Purposes Related to Dentistry: Analyzing the Reading Comprehension Process
title_sort english for academic purposes related to dentistry analyzing the reading comprehension process
topic dentistry
english for academic purposes
lexical acquisition
reading comprehension
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/86965
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