This article systematically reviews empirical studies on distance language teaching (DLT)
focusing on their methodology. Thorough search for empirical studies published between …

The US health care system faces linguistic challenges. Disparities in language-concordant
care for Spanish speakers persist due to current demographics and a paucity of bilingual …

Full article: Bridging the gap in Spanish instructional pragmatics: from theory to practice/Acortando
distancias en la enseñanza de la pragmática del español: de la teoría a la práctica Skip to …

Introduction As the number of patients with limited English proficiency grows, there is
increasing awareness in the medical community about disparities in health outcomes for this …

Spanish in Health Care fills an important gap by offering a panoramic overview of the
research on Spanish in health settings that is emerging from a variety of disciplines …

Issue For decades, professional healthcare schools have invested considerable time and
resources into the development and implementation of medical Spanish courses. However …

This article presents the results of a study focused on the management of the speech act of
giving advice and its linguistic realizations by Spanish second-language learners and …

In response to the rising need for Spanish-English interpreters in the United States, there
has been an increase in translation and interpreting and Spanish for the health professions …

Abstract Purpose: Education on medical Spanish, defined as the use of Spanish by
clinicians for communication with patients, has proliferated rapidly since the first guidelines …

The way healthcare professionals acquire language directly impacts patients' quality of care
and their experience. This chapter provides an applied linguistics perspective at the …