Course: English for Specific Purposes 6

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Course title English for Specific Purposes 6
Course code FZS/OJA6
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klouček Viktor, Bc.
Course content
Exercises: 1) Feedback 2) Communication Skills in Health Care 3) Selected Issues of Public Health; support and health protection 4) Risk Management, Reliability and Robustness of Healthcare Systems 5) Physical Methods in Therapy 6) Human - Computer Interaction 7) Pharmacology: Topical Issues 8) Electrical Equipment in Healthcare 9) Operational Safety of Electrical Equipment in Healthcare 10) Electrotechnical Measurements 11) The Importance of Reading Manuals: Tips & Tricks 12) Architectures of Electronic Systems 13) Basic Principles of Electrotechnics, Power Electronics and Cybernetics 14) Measurement of Electrical and Non-electrical Quantities in Biomedicine and Control Engineering

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 10 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 12 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course unit The course provides broadening and deepening knowledge of English professional terminology for communication at international level. Effective reading and understanding of English scholarly texts followed by discussion contributes to improving the ability to read and understand English-language scholarly literature, expressing their opinions in a meaningful and articulated manner. Students learn to classify foreign language information and work with it. Great emphasis is placed on the ability of students to create and deliver presentations and grasp selected topics so that they can withstand dignity in an environment where English as "lingua franca" is the language of international communication. The course is focused on the development of general and professional communication, logical thinking, accurate expression and language feeling. The consolidation and deepening of grammar and lexical resources will be carried out, among other things, in the form of substitution, transformation or translation exercises from a selected English textbook, with essential support for the e-learning environment and authentic audio-visual activities. Students will deepen active and passive English medical and interdisciplinary terminology in given topics. Students gradually acquire competence to use language as a professional discourse; they are prepared for professional activities requiring communication in professional English. Students will understand the medical and interdisciplinary language, understand English medical or non-medical texts and will be familiar with the techniques of professional translation. Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to provide students with competences in the field of professional language at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Interview, Oral presentation of self-study

Credit: - 80% participation in exercises, - presentations on a selected topic, - individual work and homework in an e-learning course environment, - written credit test (min. 60% correct answers).
Recommended literature
  • ARMER, Tamzen a Jeremy, DAY. Cambridge English for scientists. Cambrige: Cambridge professional English, 2011. ISBN 9780521154093.
  • HAIDEKKER, Mark A. Medical Imaging Technology. Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2013. ISBN 9781461470724.
  • LACKIE, John M. A Dictionary of Biomedicine. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780199549351.
  • RIBES, Ramón a Pablo ROS. Radiological English. New York: Springer, 2009. ISBN 978-3-540-29328-6.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Biomedical Engineering (14) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer