Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in medicine | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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 (based on students' grades for LANG2940-1) 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 and September
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.