Introduction
FAQ
About language
Key topics

  Improving accent
    - Differences in sounds:
      Pronunciation
    - Practise: Pronunciation
    - The importance of
      emphasis
    - Practise: Emphasis

  Improving register
    - Avoiding medical jargon
    - Practise: Avoiding
      medical jargon
    - Flexibility: Matching your
      English to your patient
    - Practise: Language
      Flexibility

  Improving fluency
    - Rhythms
    - Practise: Listening to the
      rhythms
    - Language conventions
    - Practise: Conventions

  Improving engagement
    - Understanding and using
      Australian slang
    - Practise: Australian slang
    - Audibility
    - Practise: Audibility

Strategies for improvement
Resources
Evaluation
About the authors

Communication and Language Module

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Improving register

ESTIMATED TIME: 30 minutes

Improving your register means being learning to use plain English when you speak to your patients, in such a way that your patients understand you.
It would be no good, for example, to use the same level of plain English to a 60-year-old, as you would to a six-year-old child. This ability to tailor your language to your patient is referred to as 'flexibility'.

This module contains:

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