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| LANG2940-1 | English for medical sciences
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| Duration : | 20h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Christine Filot |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The English course in Medicine aims at enabling the students to read medical texts in English.
The first-year course is a medical English course of B1/B2 (CEFR) level (B2 for reading). It consists of 10 classes of 2 hours taught to groups of about 40 students.
As the main purpose of the course is to develop a KNOW-HOW, the students are encouraged to do reading comprehension exercises each week. This enables them to progressively acquire the basic medical vocabulary and improve their reading skills.
Homework assignments are increasingly difficult to reach the level of the final exam. So, the students can assess the progress they are making in the accurate reading of medical English texts. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course mainly aims at developing the global and selective reading comprehension of scientific documents (as well as listening comprehension to a lesser extent).
Each chapter features short, simple texts aimed at introducing the subject and genuine unsimplified and unabridged papers. Most chapters also contain listening exercises serving to introduce the medical vocabulary differently.
Acquired skills should allow students to access specific scientific literature easily and efficiently.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The Med Eng 1course has a B2 level for reading, which means that the students are expected to already have a basic grounding in English grammar and vocabulary. It is taught in the second semester. In Medicine, only the students who passed the January exams will be allowed to attend the English classes.
All students are strongly advised to attend the English classes every week and pay special attention to their lecturer's remarks and explanations. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| In-class course in the second quarter with compulsory exercises to be done before and/or after the class ; mock exam in April and numerous self-assessment tests (past exams) posted during the year.
Class attendance and preparatory exercises are compulsory. The students who will be absent in more than 30% of classes without justifications will not be allowed to take the exam and will be considered "Absent". |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Med Eng 1course taught in the second semester with a series of podcasts, self-assessment exercises and self-assessment tests.
Mock test in April (with detailed feedback)
Written exam in June. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The MedEng 1 course book will be available from the INTERCOPY shop as of January 2015.
Several past exams (with keys) are available on eCampus.
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam.
Students will be asked to answer multiple-choice and True/False questions on the medical vocabulary listed in the MedEng One course book as well as on a sight text dealing with a medical subject. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| 1. Considering the significant differences among 1st-year students and the limited teaching time, supervised self-learning and remedial work should be given due attention.
Students are encouraged to work every week and seriously do the work required for each course Unit.
2. They can also purchase the ISLV Grammaire Anglaise de Base with exercises (and key). It is available from the Point de Vue on the Sart Tilman campus. |
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Contacts :
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| Christine Bouvy, ISLV, Responsable des Cours de Langues Facultaires, cbouvy@ulg.ac.be |
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| Syllabus |
| Syllabus 2014-2015 |
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