Abstract

FORTEZA FERNANDEZ, Rafael. Foreign languages, writing and development: a challenge for health professionals. ACIMED [online]. 2004, vol.12, n.6, pp.1-1. ISSN 1024-9435.

The growing Cuban health sector collaboration with other countries as well as the revolution in information sciences has brought about the need to reconceptualize the role of learning how to write in foreign languages, English in particular, in Higher Medical Education. The present work explores the general contribution of this type of competence to the learner of foreign languages and gives particular attention to the usefulness of this skill to the health professional.

Keywords : Teaching; writing; discourse community; competence.

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