Bridging language gaps: a study of linguistic transfer perceptions among Chinese medical students in an English-medium instruction program
Jonathan Jenkin Tsui, Evelyn Yiyin Li, Cecilia Sicong Xie, Zhouyu Zhu, Xin Yin, Ban Chi-Ho Tsui, Alice Kwai-Yee Siu · 2026
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Jonathan Tsui and co-authors survey Chinese medical students taught in English about the language switch they face at exam time, in a 2026 paper. Their degree aims to build doctors who can work globally. Yet the national licensing test runs in Mandarin, so students must cross back into their first language under high stakes.
Twenty four fourth year students rated their confidence on matched tasks in both languages soon after the test. Their scores far beat national averages. Still, confidence for speaking tasks in clinical settings favored Mandarin, while reading and listening showed little gap. Students did not credit their English training for their success. The authors call that gap between results and perceived value a problem for program design.
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| CREATOR | Jonathan Jenkin Tsui, Evelyn Yiyin Li, Cecilia Sicong Xie, Zhouyu Zhu, Xin Yin, Ban Chi-Ho Tsui, Alice Kwai-Yee Siu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |