2020-2021 / LANG0071-1

Advanced English for medical sciences

Duration

15h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in medicine2 crédits 

Lecturer

Christine Filot, ISLV, Pascal Maquinay, Martin Polson, Sébastien Schoenmaeckers

Coordinator

Christine Filot

Language(s) of instruction

English 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 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 medical literature in English.
  • allow students to understand short videos in English.
  • allow students to extend their mastery of field-specific terminology in English.

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, hybrid 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.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

If the current health crisis requires classes to be taught online, they will be on the eCampus page of this class (on Collaborate), and so will the final exam (on Blackboard).
Students will be notified of any change in the organization of their course and final exam in due time.
Code Yellow: class and evaluation on campus.
Code Orange: class and evaluation on campus if possible, on the eCampus page of this class if required.
Code Red: class and evaluation on the eCampus page of this 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

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Written exam in June and September
Written exam with multiple choice questions (IELTS 6.0 level) based on a medical article,  the vocabulary highlighted throughout the semester-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

None

Contacts

Christine Bouvy cbouvy@uliege.be
Sébastien Schoenmaeckers sebastien.schoenmaeckers@uliege.be