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Foreign Languages and Higher Education Curricula of Health Study Programmes in Croatia - Student Needs and the Current Status of Language Courses

The aim of this study is to examine the availability of studying foreign languages in higher education institutions offering study programmes for health professionals. Firstly, the study provides an overview of the languages offered by the institutions and their syllabi — the number of lessons, lesson types, number of ECTS credits they carry and learning outcomes. Secondly, the study presents the results of a survey conducted among language lecturers at these higher education institutions in order to ascertain the lecturer’s opinions and attitudes regarding the language needs of students and the status of foreign language courses at their institutions. Having in mind the importance of preparing students for continuing their study abroad, the demands of internalization, the European labour market, free labour mobility, and tourism (for example, health tourism as its growing branch), the general value of foreign language skills cannot be overstated.

foreign languages ; health study programmes ; student needs ; survey ; lecturer attitudes

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