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Improving your language skills

BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0308301 (Published 01 August 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:0308301
  1. Tiago Villanueva, fifth year medical student1
  1. 1University of Lisbon

Going on an elective often drives medical students to learn a foreign language. Classroom based teaching or self study books are effective ways to learn, and resources on the internet have evolved as credible learning tools. They have unique assets of their own; they are almost always free, and they allow an unprecedented degree of interactivity—for example, being able to listen to an audio sample as many times as you need until you get the pronunciation right. You also choose to spend as little or as much …

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