Study Programmes 2016-2017
LANG0071-1  
Advanced English for medical sciences
Duration :
15h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in medicine2
Lecturer :
Christine Filot, ISLV, Sébastien Schoenmaeckers
Coordinator :
Christine Filot
Language(s) of instruction :
English language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
The MedEng 2 course continues the development of reading skills, data gathering, and note-taking using texts or series of texts (as started during the MedEng 1 course), and focuses also on research capacities and oral understanding of scientific material in English.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
  • allow students to read and understand English medical literature.
  • allow students to understand short videos in English.
  • allow students to briefly debate several issues thrown light on in the textbook
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
MedEng 1 (Medical English -1st part - LANG2940-1) or equivalent (e.g. IELTS 5.5-6 or Cambridge Advanced English A- C).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course features two-hour in-class sessions where the students' active participation is required (through discussions and listening and reading comprehension activities) alternating with mandatory online modules (enhancing academic vocabulary, reading and listening skills).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
The course is taught in groups after an introductory lecture given in amphitheater. Class attendance is highly recommended. The online learning modules are prepared at home by students between classes and must be completed before attending the next class.
Recommended or required readings :
Medeng2 - LANG0071-1 course notes are available in digital format through eCampus.
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3 modules with exercises on eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam in June. 
Written exam with multiple choice questions (IELTS 6.0 level) based on a medical article, theory and vocabulary revised throughout the year -both in class and @nline- and a listening comprehension exercise.
Students must demonstrate the ability to fully understand an unabridged and unsimplified paper from a medical journal, and medical data presented orally (through global and detailed understanding), as well as their knowledge of scientific English stylistic features and of the vocabulary highlighted both in class and online.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
We insist on the fact that you can train and test yourself online on the ISLV Website: http://www.islv.ulg.ac.be/.
Contacts :
Christine Bouvy cbouvy@ulg.ac.be
Sébastien Schoenmaeckers sebastien.schoenmaeckers@ulg.ac.be.