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DOI: 10.24075/medet.2026.022
Copyright: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee: Pirogov University.
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Teaching a foreign language and soft skills at a medical university: moving from vocabulary to live conversation

Kuznetsova EB
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Correspondence should be addressed: Ekaterina B Kuznetsova
Revolutsionnaya St., 5, Yaroslavl, 150000, Russia; ur.liam@-aktaporuk

Received: 2026-06-04 Accepted: 2026-06-11 Published online: 2026-08-22
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