English for medical sciences

Duration

20h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Christine Filot

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The English course in Pharmacy 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 small groups.
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.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

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.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

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. 
All students are strongly advised to attend the English classes every week and pay special attention to their lecturer's remarks and explanations.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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.
Compulsory placement test in the first quarter to form homogeneous groups.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

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.

Recommended or required readings

The MedEng 1 course book will be available from the INTERCOPY shop as of January 2019.
Several past exams (with keys) are available on eCampus.
 

 

Assessment methods and criteria

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.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

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) and/or use the GABi Website on eCampus.

Contacts

Christine Bouvy, ISLV, Responsable des Cours de Langues Facultaires, cbouvy@uliege.be

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