Which of the Following Approaches to Teaching in the Clinical

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following approaches to teaching in the clinical area is likely to be successful when working with the student for whom English is a second language?

• A) encourage the student to use a bilingual medical dictionary as needed
• B) enhance contextual cues when presenting difficult-to-understand materials by citing clinical examples
• C) give greater weight to this student's written work than to her verbal communications to compensate for her difficulty in using English
• D) give greater weight to this student's verbal communications to underline the need for the student to master the English language
• E) both a and b

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