Problems of English Teaching in High Schools and a Way of Improving English Teaching in Medical Schools.
- VernacularTitle:高校英語教育の問題点の分析と医学部入学初年次カリキュラムでの問題点の補正
- Author:
Kimiko Koizumi
;
Nobuo SATO
;
Akio KOIZUMI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
high school English textbooks;
analysis of sentence structure;
1st year curriculum of English education;
English education in medical schools
- From:Medical Education
1998;29(1):45-50
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Because Japanese high school graduates have poor basic English skills they have difficulty acquiringduring the 6 years of medical school English skills sufficient to write medical papers in easily understood English and to converse with foreign medical researchers at international medical conferences in fluent English. In an attempt to improve English teaching in medical schools we analyzed the structures of sentences in high school English textbooks and compared them with those of sentences in more advanced English, as in the journals Science and Nature. We found that the English in high school textbooks has significantly lower subordination ratios. Thus, we propose that English with higher subordination ratios be taught in the 1st year of medical school.
