For my 1st job in UK

dradilmahmood

Ok so any suggestions regarding english classes?

Person_one

BrettMorganxD wrote: »

Well it is still disrespectful to call them it and thing.

I don't like the care they used to give at all, wasn't care based was time and money based

Don't hijack another thread with racism please.

kiwi07

dradilmahmood wrote: »

Ok so any suggestions regarding english classes?

Go to your local college and ask for ESOL classes. You have to go through the test first and help them to decide which class is suitable for you. HTH

Person_one

dradilmahmood wrote: »

Ok so any suggestions regarding english classes?

Here's some info that might be useful:

http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/registration_applications/language_proficiency.asp

Did you not research this at all before moving here?

dradilmahmood

Person_one

Yes I know about the IELTS requirement but being EU National spouse i do not need it for GMC registration. Still i have planned to give IELTS.

jason1231972

OP's English seems fine to me, assuming they speak it as well as they write it.

My former GP (now deceased) had really bad English, plus an almost unintelligible accent to boot. He'd been in the UK since around the 1960s, but the problem was, he was already middle-aged by that time, and was rather set in his linguistic ways.

Nevertheless, he was a great doctor, very popular, and retired as a very old man.

Everybody here has probably been treated by a medical professional whose English leaves a lot to desire, but it doesn't normally take away from their ability to treat patients properly.

Personally, I'm more concerned about doctors' competence in the medical profession specifically, rather than their 'interesting' take on the English language.

BrettMorganxD

Person_one wrote: »

Don't hijack another thread with racism please.

It isn't racist it is a known fact i saw it so did many others.

wantsajob

I have seen instances where poor English, on the part of Doctors, has led to misunderstanding by other professionals reading their notes. Often a Doctor's word is taken as gospel, in so far as it makes sense.

It's far from racist to insist someone coming to this country requires excellent English skills, when the people they'll be working with on the whole primarily speak English - and a misunderstanding can potentially be a life and death situation.

jason1231972

wantsajob wrote: »

It's far from racist to insist someone coming to this country requires excellent English skills, when the people they'll be working with on the whole primarily speak English - and a misunderstanding can potentially be a life and death situation.

True, but the lovely Brett's specific gripe was with doctor(s) 'disrespectfully' referring to as a person as 'it', or 'the'. This isn't disrespect, it's a nuance of spoken English often exhibited by some non-native speakers.

Granted, this particular doctor's English may not have been great, which may lead to problems in other instances, but Brett's inference is that (foreign) doctors are not allowed a slip of the tongue, and must have cut-glass accents and manners of speech in order to merely be allowed to work here.

In another unrelated post, Brett asked what native language one of his acquaintances is likely to speak, her being from "Zim-barb-way" (his words), as he wanted to learn a bit of the language(!). This is the level of posting we're dealing with from Brett, who frequently writes utter banal (and downright stupid) posts on all types of topics.

BrettMorganxD

wantsajob wrote: »

I have seen instances where poor English, on the part of Doctors, has led to misunderstanding by other professionals reading their notes. Often a Doctor's word is taken as gospel, in so far as it makes sense.

It's far from racist to insist someone coming to this country requires excellent English skills, when the people they'll be working with on the whole primarily speak English - and a misunderstanding can potentially be a life and death situation.

exactly if we cannot understand htf is an 80 year old with dementia meant to.