by Somikazi Deyi · Edizioni Sapienza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9786202365758
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Language Integration in Health Sciences is a valuable resource for language teachers and students aspiring to become medical professionals. The book helps language program planners and teachers become aware of language-related issues in the medical field, such as cultural nuances, the difficulty of translating certain health terms into isiXhosa, the search for a relative understanding of difficult-to-translate concepts, and how this might compromise the linguistic integration process. Furthermore, it provides recommendations through discussions that seem to synergize and/or contrast the standardization of isiXhosa in health sciences, the effects of the 'hlonipha' (language of respect) used by women to show respect towards high-ranking in-laws who have passed away, and the beliefs surrounding this, as well as the importance of offering context-specific language and cultural constraints in health sciences. The book offers suggestions and recommendations on how to address linguistic integration challenges for effective teaching and learning.
