Course: English for for Special Purposes/Medical English 4

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Course title English for for Special Purposes/Medical English 4
Course code KCJ/AZ4
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Drozdová Edita, Mgr.
Course content
1) Monitoring the Patient 2) Vital Signs, Describing Readings, Graphs and Charts 3) Medication 4) Alternative Treatment 5) Giving Advice 6) Mind and Body, Final Oral Exam focus

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 12 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to consolidate and prove by the final examination the student's ability to orient themselves in a professional medical text, to read and interpret it and explain specific medical terminology, to express an opinion on professional issues and to present professional topics both orally and in writing. The course aims to acquire fluent communicative language competencies, the ability to professionally explain, justify and use adequate communication strategies and language skills in the personal, social and work fields in the medical environment with English as a negotiating language. The course takes the form of substitution, transformation or translation exercises from a selected English language textbook, with significant support of the e-learning environment containing professional texts and authentic audio-visual materials. The output level of the English for Specific (Medical) Purposes course is B2+ of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis, Didactic test, Systematické pozorování studenta


Recommended literature
  • BAUMRUKOVÁ Irena. English in nursing: case studies. Tigris. Holešov, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7490-165-2.
  • BAUMRUKOVÁ Irena. English in nursing. H.R.G. Litomyšl, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7490-165-2.
  • TOPILOVÁ Věra. Medical English = Angličtina pro zdravotníky. Havlíčkův Brod, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7311-001-7.


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