Medical Education Management ›› 2022, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (6): 754-759.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2096-045X.2022.06.022

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Application of high-frequency medical English lexical chunks based on Medical English Academic Corpus

Hua Yao, Liu Jiahuan   

  1. School of Medical Humanities, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
  • Received:2022-04-29 Online:2022-12-20 Published:2023-01-09
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Abstract: Based on Medical Academic English Corpus, this study selected high-frequency medical lexical chunks that are composed of high-frequency medical English terms and their collocations from medical academic English journals, and illustrated their features in medical context. The effect of high-frequency medical English lexical chunks in improving reading comprehension skills and language accuracy was verified through the practice of the course English for Writing Abstract of Medical Research Papers. This study provides linguistic help for medical students and medical professionals to write medical English papers with accurate word choices, and also provides reference for teaching reading and writing of medical English papers in medical universities. 

Key words: Medical Academic English Corpus, high-frequency medical English lexical chunks

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