A Study on Pragmatic Competence in Using Apologies by Medical College Students

Apology becomes the focus in the field of pragmatics.As future caregivers,learning how to use English apologetic expressions is essential for the medical college students,especially in the present day of globalization.This thesis is an effort to analyze a full and accurate data on a test about the use of“I’m sorry”and“Excuse me”and a questionnaire survey about learning of“I’m sorry”and“Excuse me”,aiming at investigating the similarities and differences in using“I’m sorry”and“Excuse me”among Chinese medical college students.

Comparison of Mental Health Status and Behaviour of Chinese Medical and Non-Medical College Students During the Coronavirus Disease 2019(Covid-19)Pandemic

Objectives:The study aimed to compare knowledge,attitude and behaviour regarding COVID-19,and mental health status between medical(MCS)and non-medical college students(NCS)during the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak in China.Methods:The self-compiled general questionnaire,Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire 9 were used to survey 6297 college students on the Internet.Results:A total of 6296 valid questionnaires were collected,with an effective rate of 90.34%.Among them,5445 are medical college students(MCS)and 851 are non-medical college students(NCS).The average age is(20.169±2.270)years old and boys account for 33.76%.The comparison found that medical students have a more comprehensive understanding of COVID-19,with an average score of(7.867±0.850).The average number of behaviors changed by MCS(5.439±1.145)was higher compared with NCS(5.313±1.284).NCS had a higher prevalence of anxiety(31.26%;n=266;P=0.015)and depressive symptoms(25.26%;n=215;P=0.025)than MCS.Conclusion:During future COVID-19 outbreaks,accurate mental health education should be provided for both medical and non-medical students.Thus,the data from this study will inform future health promotion and psychological interventions.

The Training of Clinical English Learning Ability of Medical Students

Through investigation and research,this paper analyzes the needs and status quo of medical students’English learning,and makes a correlation analysis between them.This paper uses the strategy of questionnaire survey and take the actual medicalstudents in our country as the survey object,and uses two-dimensional model of Oxford and three-dimensional model of O’Malleyand Chamot statistical method to get the final conclusion.The results show that the high score group students show stronger internallearning motivation,the choice of cognitive strategies shows a strong sense of autonomy and responsibility,while the low score stu-dents mainly show external learning motivation,in the specific learning process,they rely more on mechanical imitation and ignorethe cultivation of creative thinking.