Teacher(s)
Language
English
Prerequisites
Students must have reached level A2+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Main themes
- The course is based on different topics related to medicine.
- The texts and videos used in the course are authentic materials and require (for the reading texts) the student to prepare the texts at home using reading techniques acquired.
- Analaysis and commentary of the texts and videos in class require the active participation of the student.
- The student may be asked to make short oral presentations.
- Vocabulary and basic structures are reinforced by written and oral exercises (analysing, commenting)
- Grammar is studied in context and reinforced by systematic exercises.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| At the end of the course, students should have acquired the following skills : |
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| 1 | Reading comprehension
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| 2 | Listening comprehension
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| 3 | Oral skills
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| 4 | Code
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Content
This course Medical English is aimed at improving reading and listening comprehension skills and is based on authentic material oriented towards the students' fields of interest (Medecine, pharmcy); it is also aimed at giving the students a better mastery of the linguistic code of English through systematic grammatical exercises as well as developing the students' general, specific and medical vocabulary.
By the end of the course, the students should have reached level B1 of the CEF for their reading and listening comprehension skills.
By the end of the course, the students should have reached level B1 of the CEF for their reading and listening comprehension skills.
Teaching methods
- preparation : individual text reading (at home) following reading strategies.
- extensive and intensive text analysis and commentary in class.
- extensive and intensive exercises of video programmes.
- explanations and exercises on verb forms.
Evaluation methods
- At the beginning of the year, the students take a compulsory placement test on Moodle of the same level as the final exam. The students who reach the 12/20 pass mark will then be allowed to take a proper exemption test that will be organised during the SMART week.
- The students who pass the exemption test with a mark of at least 12 out of 20 will be exempted from the course and the mark they got will be transcribed on their mark-sheet in June. Those students who didn't reach the 12/20 threshold will be presented with a choice: EITHER they decide to attend classes, in which case they commit themselves to doing so on a regular basis -- more than 2 skipped classes will automatically imply that the student doesn't have access to the exam and scores 0/20 -- OR they take the June exam without benefiting from the pedagocical apparatus created for this course-- they will have access to the Moodle platform though.
- During the year, two medical vocabulary tests and one grammar test will be organized and will be part of the student's continuous assessment.(each accounting for 10% of the final mark)
- The students will also have to make an oral presentation, in small groups, on a subject linked to their field of studies. This presentation will also be part of the continuous assessment.(20% of the final mark)
- Written exam in May (60% of the final mark)
- For the August/September session, the students who passed the continuous assessment part of the course (pass mark=20/40) will keep that mark and the final written exam will account for 60% of the final mark. For those students who failed the continuous assessment or scored a zero out of 20 for the course due to a high number of skipped classes as well as for the students who chose not to take the course, the written exam will be worth 100% of the final mark.
Other information
- The course is held in fairly small groups (25 to 30 students)
- Teachers are available by appointment or by e-mail.
Online resources
https://moodle.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=3820
Bibliography
- Le syllabus du cours « Medical English» mis en ligne sur la page Moodle du cours (le code d'accès sera donné aux étudiants lors du premier cours)
- Le cours mis en ligne sur la plateforme Moodle-UCL où l'étudiant trouvera des exercices supplémentaires de compréhension à la lecture et à l'audition, des exercices grammaticaux et lexicaux) ainsi que l'ensemble des vidéos vues au cours.
- Professional English in Use : Medicine publié par Cambridge University Press, London : ISBN-13 :978-0521682015
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