Technology for Medical Language Assessment - Transdisciplinary Perspectives

This volume presents research that lies at the intersection of healthcare communication, global migration, and the rapidly expanding technologies used for language testing. Readers will find engagement with the interdisciplinary studies, given that effective communication - and its assessment - lies at the very core of quality healthcare delivery.

About the author

Robert C. Johnson and M. Gregory Tweedie, University of Calgary, Canada.

Summary

This volume presents research that lies at the intersection of healthcare communication, global migration, and the rapidly expanding technologies used for language testing. Readers will find engagement with the interdisciplinary studies, given that effective communication - and its assessment - lies at the very core of quality healthcare delivery.

Product details

• Assisted by: Robert C Johnson (Editor), Gregory Tweedie (Editor), M Gregory Tweedie (Editor), Robert C. Johnson (Editor), Saina Kiani (Editor), M. Gregory Tweedie (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2025
• EAN: 9783110793314
• ISBN: 978-3-11-079331-4
• No. of pages: 153
• Weight: 366 g
• Illustrations: 9 b/w and 6 col. ill., 20 b/w tbl.
• Series: Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Angewandte Linguistik, Linguistics, Communication Studies, Lingua franca, Nursing Education, medizinische Kommunikation, FOR000000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Medical Communication, Medical English as a Lingua Franca, Medizinisches Englisch, Internationalization of Healthcare