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The Relationship of Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Self-Efficacy with Medical English and Terminology
This study examined the relationship between the use of vocabulary learning strategies and self-efficacy in medical English learning, and whether after an initial sixweek course to master the basics of medical terminology, those with higher use of vocabulary learning strategies and those with a higher degree of self-efficacy would have significant score improvements in the medical English proficiency. Second-year medical students (N¼115; M age¼19.6, SD¼0.5; 82 men, 33 women) participated in the study. A one-group pretest-posttest design was used. Measures included medical English tests, the English Vocabulary Learning Strategies Survey (EVLSS), and the English Learning Self-Efficacy Scale (ELSES). Results showed that there was no significant correlation between vocabulary learning strategies and English learning
self-efficacy. In addition, as a whole, vocabulary learning strategies and self-efficacy significantly predicted students’ score improvements in medical English proficiency.
Keywords
medical english terminology, vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs), self-efficacy,academic performance, medical knowledge
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