At the end of this course, the students; 1) improve their academic and field specific vocabulary 2) listen to dialogues, take notes and make inferences 3) read and analyze medical articles from various medical resources 4) participate in-class discussions and share ideas/feelings 5) write an essay by incorporating field related vocabulary and contexts 6) analyze the medical terms and concepts that will be an essential part of the professional practice 7) improve communication skills in medical situations 8) present opinions on medical conditions by using the target language.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
-
COURSE DEFINITION
İNG 345 is a B2/C1 level (Independent User level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) English for Specific and Academic Purposes (ESAP) course designed for the students at the Faculty of Medicine.
This course aims to equip students with necessary academic and field specific vocabulary, the processes and strategies needed to understand, evaluate and analyze field specific reading texts and processes and strategies required to produce basic academic essays. This course also aims to help the learners use medical English in their careers effectively as well as helping them acquire strategies to get high scores in the English exams (Yökdil, Tıpdil, YDS) they will take.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction, Unit 1: Emergency medicine,Tenses
2nd Week
Unit 1 Reading: Triage, Vocabulary
3rd Week
Unit 2: Accidents, Relative Clauses
4th Week
Unit 2 Reading: Preventing injuries, Noun Clauses
5th Week
Unit 3: Sports medicine, Adverbial Clauses
6th Week
Unit 3 Reading: Skiing, Sentence Completion
7th Week
MIDTERM EXAM
8th Week
Unit 4: Obstetrics, Reading Tests
9th Week
Unit 4 Reading: Fathers and pregnancy, Cloze Tests
10th Week
Unit 5: Psychiatry
11th Week
Unit 5 Reading: OCD, Translation
12th Week
Unit 6: Geriatrics
13th Week
Unit 6 Reading: Nifty after fifty, Sample test
14th Week
FINAL EXAM
15th Week
Unit 7: Dermatology
16th Week
Unit 7 Reading: Roman face creams, Irrelevant sentences
17th Week
Unit 8: Surgery
18th Week
Unit 8 Reading: Training for surgeons, Supplementary: Paragraph completion
19th Week
Unit 9: Cardiology
20th Week
Unit 9 Reading: Pacemakers, Dialogue completion
21th Week
MIDTERM EXAM
22th Week
Unit 10: Respiratory medicine, Restatement
23th Week
Unit 10 Reading: Ethical issues
24th Week
Unit 11: Tropical Diseases
25th Week
Unit 11 Reading: Tropics, Sample Yökdil exam
26th Week
Unit 12: Technology
27th Week
Unit 12 Reading:Smart fabrics, Sample Yökdil exam
28th Week
FINAL EXAM
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Oxford English for Careers Medicine II by Sam McCarter, Oxford University Publishing Supplementary Materials (BUSFL-CDU)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
2
40
Oral Exam
2
10
Total(%)
50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
50
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
2
2
4
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
28
4
112
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
2
3
6
Homework
Total Workload
122
Total Workload / 30
4,06
ECTS Credits of the Course
4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
