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WORKSHOP H:
Teaching learners from
Non-English speaking backgrounds
(Facilitator: Andrea Paul)
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This workshop outlines some of the language and cultural factors affecting clinical teaching and learning in multicultural groups, and introduces practical strategies for teaching students from non-English speaking language backgrounds. Principles and approaches learned in this workshop can be applied more widely to a range of teaching contexts. The workshop focuses on:
- The relationship between communication style, culture and language
- The ways in which discourse rules, based in culture, impact on communication
- Cultural, language and teaching methodology factors that may inhibit international students and influence clinical learning and performance
- Principles and methodology for a safe and effective learning environment
- Instructional strategies and teacher language to facilitate increased student participation
- The integration of communication skills teaching into clinical content
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