Open AccessFOREIGN LANGUAGE TESTING CENTRES FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION ENHANCEMENT IN MEDICAL EDUCATION IN RUSSIA
Author(s) -
Nataliya G. Koroleva,
A.V. Vozdvizhenskaya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
primo aspectu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2500-2635
DOI - 10.35211/2500-2635-2020-3-43-122-127
Subject(s) - internationalization , certificate , test (biology) , medical education , foreign language , professional development , public relations , internationalization of higher education , pedagogy , psychology , political science , business , medicine , computer science , paleontology , algorithm , international trade , biology
The article considers a negative impact on internationalization processes in Russian medical HE that is caused by the lack of a coordinated, unified, country-wide accepted system of testing English for professional communication. Authors describe how training and taking Occupational English Test is one of the ways to solve this problem, since OET is a widely acknowledged in English-speaking countries language certificate test for professionals in medicine. Adapting OET purposes to Russian medical HE system, establishing the network of training and testing centers will increase medical students’ and professionals’ motivation in learning English and stimulate their joining academic and professional community. These factors will contribute into the enhancement of internationalization processes in Russian medical HE.