English language proficiency and academic performance: A study of a medical preparatory year program in Saudi Arabia

Introduction: All medical schools in Saudi Arabia have English as the primary official medium of instruction. Most of the high school education, however, is delivered in Arabic and hence the transition to an English based learning environment tends to be difficult for some students. Our study aims t...

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Main Authors: Feroze Kaliyadan, Nazer Thalamkandathil, Srinivas Rao Parupalli, Tarek Tawfik Amin, Magdy Hassan Balaha, Waleed Hamad Al Bu Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2015-10-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.165126