L2 reading in healthcare contexts: Informed research methods with language diverse patients

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dc.contributor.authorBrantmeier, Cindy
dc.contributor.authorAgyepong, Dorothy Pokua
dc.contributor.authorDube, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorStrube, Michael
dc.contributor.authorVan Rheenen, Jacaranda
dc.contributor.authorWills, Jessie
dc.contributor.authorPaithankar, Uma
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Rachel G.A.
dc.contributor.authorBrevik, Lisbeth M.
dc.contributor.authorGudmundsdottir, Greta Björk
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Christi
dc.contributor.authorVorawandthanachai, Thammatat
dc.contributor.authorSsewamala, Fred
dc.contributor.authorNabunya, Proscovia
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-20T21:28:23Z
dc.date.available2025-06-20T21:28:23Z
dc.date.copyright2025
dc.date.issued2025-06-23
dc.description.abstractThis study is a renewed effort for applying theory and research in Applied Linguistics (ApL) to today’s healthcare needs. Previously, to analyze language use with linguistically diverse patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers bridged self-assessment (SA) research in ApL to Public Health through the development of an instrument used with 338 healthcare workers (Brantmeier et al., 2021). SA was previously researched in second language (L2) studies with a contextualized, criterion-referenced instrument where learners self-diagnose strengths and weaknesses across language abilities. Studies validated the relationship between the SA instrument and language achievement (Brantmeier, 2005; 2006; Brantmeier & Vanderplank, 2008; Brantmeier et al., 2012; Liu & Brantmeier, 2019). The present study uses a subset of data (Brantmeier et al., 2021) to highlight findings related to reading and substantiates the need for research-based understandings of second and foreign language reading in healthcare contexts.
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dc.identifier.citationBrantmeier, C., Agyepong, D. P., Dube, A., Strube, M., Van Rheenen, J., Wills, J., Paithankar, U., Thompson, R. G. A., Brevik, L. M., Gudmundsdottir, G. B., Smith, C., Vorawandthanachai, T., Ssewamala, F., & Nabunya, P. (2025). L2 reading in healthcare contexts: Informed research methods with language diverse patients. Reading in a Foreign Language, 37(1): 1–26. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/67508
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/67508
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectApplied Linguistics and Public Health, L2 reading, second language reading research, language diverse patients, reading in healthcare contexts, self-assessment research, machine translation of health texts, pandemic literacy, health literacy
dc.titleL2 reading in healthcare contexts: Informed research methods with language diverse patients
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prism.endingpage26
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prism.publicationnameReading in a Foreign Language
prism.startingpage1
prism.volume37

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