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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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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26629471 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.165126 |
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author | Kaliyadan, Feroze Thalamkandathil, Nazer Parupalli, Srinivas Rao Amin, Tarek Tawfik Balaha, Magdy Hassan Al Bu Ali, Waleed Hamad |
author_facet | Kaliyadan, Feroze Thalamkandathil, Nazer Parupalli, Srinivas Rao Amin, Tarek Tawfik Balaha, Magdy Hassan Al Bu Ali, Waleed Hamad |
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description | 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 to correlate English language proficiency with academic performance among medical students in their preparatory year. METHODS: A cross-sectional study design was used. Test scores of 103 preparatory year students (54 female and 49 male) were analyzed after the students completed an English language course and medical introductory course in their preparatory year. The total score obtained in the English course assessment was compared to each component of the medical content assessment. RESULTS: A significantly positive correlation (Spearman's Rho, at 0.01 levels) was seen between the scores of the English exam and the written exam (P <0.001) and the oral exam (P = −0.003) parts respectively of the medical examination. Significant correlation with the English exam score was not obtained for the other components of the medical assessment, namely; student assignments, presentations and portfolios. CONCLUSION: English language proficiency is an important factor in determining academic proficiency of medical students in our college at the preparatory year level. |
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spelling | pubmed-46379532015-12-01 English language proficiency and academic performance: A study of a medical preparatory year program in Saudi Arabia Kaliyadan, Feroze Thalamkandathil, Nazer Parupalli, Srinivas Rao Amin, Tarek Tawfik Balaha, Magdy Hassan Al Bu Ali, Waleed Hamad Avicenna J Med Brief Report 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 to correlate English language proficiency with academic performance among medical students in their preparatory year. METHODS: A cross-sectional study design was used. Test scores of 103 preparatory year students (54 female and 49 male) were analyzed after the students completed an English language course and medical introductory course in their preparatory year. The total score obtained in the English course assessment was compared to each component of the medical content assessment. RESULTS: A significantly positive correlation (Spearman's Rho, at 0.01 levels) was seen between the scores of the English exam and the written exam (P <0.001) and the oral exam (P = −0.003) parts respectively of the medical examination. Significant correlation with the English exam score was not obtained for the other components of the medical assessment, namely; student assignments, presentations and portfolios. CONCLUSION: English language proficiency is an important factor in determining academic proficiency of medical students in our college at the preparatory year level. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4637953/ /pubmed/26629471 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.165126 Text en Copyright: © Avicenna Journal of Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Kaliyadan, Feroze Thalamkandathil, Nazer Parupalli, Srinivas Rao Amin, Tarek Tawfik Balaha, Magdy Hassan Al Bu Ali, Waleed Hamad English language proficiency and academic performance: A study of a medical preparatory year program in Saudi Arabia |
title | English language proficiency and academic performance: A study of a medical preparatory year program in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | English language proficiency and academic performance: A study of a medical preparatory year program in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | English language proficiency and academic performance: A study of a medical preparatory year program in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | English language proficiency and academic performance: A study of a medical preparatory year program in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | English language proficiency and academic performance: A study of a medical preparatory year program in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | english language proficiency and academic performance: a study of a medical preparatory year program in saudi arabia |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26629471 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.165126 |
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