Second language learning role-play: effects of patient and doctor roles on motivation and competence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Role-playing has motivated foreign language learners for decades. In doctor-patient medical consultation role-plays, the doctor role has always been considered an important learning opportunity, whilst the patient role remained obscured. Our study, therefore, had a dual focus. We first explored how intrinsic motivation changes medical second-language (L2) learning through the lens of self-determination theory. We subsequently examined if playing the role of the patient provides additional value to medical L2 learning.

Methods

We performed a mixed-methods study using a one-group pretest-posttest design. Participants were 15 student volunteers learning medical Dutch through peer role-play in medical consultations. Students completed a questionnaire before and after

SUBMITTER: Yu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10304282 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature