• Difficults face medical Students in learning Medical Terminology
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Medical Terminology, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Learning Difficulties, Medical Students, High Institute Almarj, TranslationAbstract
This study aims to shed on some of the difficults that face medical students at High Institute of medical science and Technologies Almarj in learning medical terminology. It relies on information gathered from a medical English vocabulary test, which consists of three questions.
The primary findings indicate that medical students struggle with the medical English language, which constitutes the source of the challenges
medical English language that represents the source of difficulties that medical students encountered and thus impede understanding medical terminology. The study concluded that the areas of difficulties include the translating and writing of these definitions
They should Focus on some relatively current medical courses in English for academic purposes. They should also use a good dictionaries especially medical dictionaries
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