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May 2023 | Discussion
In the interview with Virginia, Ros describes her interesting experience of conversations with vets who work in different environments from small practices for pets, slaughterhouses to zoos. She presents situations and issues that the pet owners have to deal with and the types of interactions that the vets have with their clients and colleagues on a daily basis. Finally, Virginia and Ros discuss the aspects of the OET speaking exam for veterinary medicine.
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May 2023 | Discussion
The introduction of the latest invention of an Artificial Intelligence tool known as ChatGPT has become a hot topic recently. Like any other technological developments, the algorithm-driven chatbot has its benefits and challenges. But really it all depends to what extent the user allows the machine to take the lead in processes such as language teaching/learning, creative writing and translation.
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April 2023 | Research summary
The study investigates how the test modality (spoken or written) of classroom weekly quizzes influences vocabulary learning strategies and facilitates learning the spoken and written knowledge of form-meaning connection in L2 words.
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April 2023 | Webinar
Ever wondered what it might be like to work with professionals in the veterinary sector? Following her observations and discussions with other trainers, Ros will offer some insight into the needs and challenges of overseas vets looking to live and work in an English-speaking country.
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April 2023 | Discussion
In the webinar, she described her research into the importance of publishing medical research in English. She also suggested solutions, which could help non-native English-speaking medical scientists to improve their academic writing.
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March 2023 | Research summary
A self-paced reading and translation task was used with learners of English as a second language (L2) to explore what sorts of information L2 learners use during online comprehension compared to native speakers, and how task (reading for comprehension vs. translation) and proficiency affect L2 comprehension.
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March 2023 | Webinar
Csilla was a speaker at the 5th English for Healthcare Conference, where she gave a hugely interesting and always relevant talk on writing scientific articles in English, a lingua franca of medicine and science, by non-native English speakers.
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March 2023 | Research summary
The study creates a clearer conceptualisation of the processes involved in intuitive text simplification and suggests a set of pedagogical guidelines that can be used in language teacher training for both general and specific English teaching purposes, as well as in training and support of English-medium instruction (EMI) teachers.
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