English for Medicine in Higher Education Studies /
Patrick Fitzgerald, Marie McCullagh, and Ros Wright ; Terry Phillips (Series Editor).
- 1st ed.
- Reading, UK : Garnet Education Limited, 2010.
- 134 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 2 CDs
- English for Specific Academic Purposes .
Includes a glossary and transcripts.
"English for Medicine is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of medicine who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progression in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist language they need to participate successfully within a medical faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from medical lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key medical vocabulary that student will need. Listening: how to understand and take effective notes on extended lectures, including how to follow the argument and identify the speaker's point of view. Speaking: how to participate effectively in a variety of realistic situations, from seminars to presentations, including how to develop an argument and use stance markers. Reading: how to understand a wide range of texts, from academic textbooks to Internet articles, including how to produce coherent and well-structured assignments, including such skills as paraphrasing and the use of appropriate academic phrases. Vocabulary: a wide range of activities to develop students' knowledge and use of key vocabulary, both in the field of management and of academic study in general. Vocabulary and Skills banks: a reference resource to provide students with revision of the key words and phrases and skills presented in the unit. Full transcripts of all listening exercises. The Garnet English for Specific Academic Purposes series covers a range of academic subjects. All titles present the same skills and vocabulary points. Teachers can therefore deal with a range of ESAP course at the same time, knowing that each subject title will focus on the same key skills and follow the same structure" (Book Cover). TABLE OF CONTENTS Unit 1 - WHAT IS MEDICINE? (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS Background to the discipline Areas of study: anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology VOCABULARY FOCUS Words from general English with special meaning in medicine Prefixes and suffixes SKILLS FOCUS Listening: preparing for a lecture predicting lecture content from the introduction understanding lecture organization choosing an appropriate form of notes making lecture notes Speaking: speaking from notes Unit 2 - ACHIEVEMENTS IN MEDICINE (Reading - Writing) TOPICS Cardiac surgery Eradication of smallpox by vaccination VOCABULARY FOCUS English-English dictionaries: headwords – definitions - parts of speech – phonemes - stress markers - countable/uncountable - transitive/intransitive SKILLS FOCUS Reading: using research questions to focus on relevant information in a text using topic sentences to get an overview of the text Writing: writing topic sentences summarizing a text Unit 3 - BASIC PRINCIPLES IN MEDICINE (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS Anatomy Physiology VOCABULARY FOCUS Stress patterns in multi-syllable words Prefixes SKILLS FOCUS Listening: preparing for a lecture predicting lecture content making lecture notes using different information sources Speaking: reporting research findings formulating questions Unit 4 - COMPUTERS IN MEDICINE (Reading - Writing) TOPICS The use of computers in medicine VOCABULARY FOCUS Computer jargon Abbreviations and acronyms Discourse and stance markers Verb and noun suffixes SKILLS FOCUS Reading: identifying topic development within a paragraph using the Internet effectively evaluating Internet search results Writing: reporting research findings Unit 5 - CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DISEASE (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS Defining disease by type Demographics and research methods VOCABULARY FOCUS Words sets: synonyms, antonyms, etc. The language of trends Common lecture language SKILLS FOCUS Listening: understanding 'signpost language' in lectures using symbols and abbreviations in note-taking Speaking
making effective contributions to a seminar Unit 6 - BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY (Reading - Writing) TOPICS Aspects of biology, biochemistry and pharmacology VOCABULARY FOCUS Synonyms, replacement subjects, etc., for sentence-level paraphrasing SKILLS FOCUS Reading: reporting findings from other sources: avoiding plagiarism locating key information in complex sentences Writing: writing complex sentences Unit 7 - CLINICAL SETTING: ACUTE CARE (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS Medicine in a hospital setting VOCABULARY FOCUS Compound nouns Fixed phrases from management English Fixed phrases from academic English Common lecture language SKILLS FOCUS Listening: understanding speaker emphasis Speaking: asking for clarification responding to queries and requests for clarification Unit 8 - CLINICAL SETTING: PRIMARY CARE (Reading - Writing) TOPICS Medicine in general practice VOCABULARY FOCUS Synonyms Nouns from verbs Definitions Common 'direction' verbs in essay titles (discuss, analyze, evaluate, etc.) SKILLS FOCUS Reading: understanding dependent clauses with passives Writing: paraphrasing expanding notes into complex sentences recognizing different essay types/structures: descriptive, analytical, comparison/evaluation, argument writing essay plans writing essays Unit 9 - NON-CLINICAL SETTING: PUBLIC HEALTH (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS Public health medicine Obesity VOCABULARY FOCUS Fixed phrases from management English Fixed phrases from academic English SKILLS FOCUS Listening: using the Cornell note-taking system recognizing digressions in lectures Speaking: making effective contributions to a seminar referring to other people's ideas in a seminar Unit 10 - EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE (Reading - Writing) TOPICS Background to EBM Research fundamentals Patient role in EBM Clinical guidelines VOCABULARY FOCUS 'Neutral' and 'marked' words Fixed phrases from industrial relations Fixed phrases from academic English SKILLS FOCUS Reading: recognizing the writer's stance and level of confidence or tentativeness inferring implicit ideas Writing: writing situation-problem-solution-evaluation essays using direct quotations compiling a bibliography / reference list Unit 11 - CURRENT ISSUES IN MEDICINE (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS Ethics and patient communication Informed consent VOCABULARY FOCUS Words/phrases used to link ideas (moreover, as a result, etc.) Stress patterns in noun phrases and compounds Fixed phrases from academic English SKILLS FOCUS Listening: recognizing the speaker's stance writing up notes in full Speaking: building an argument in a seminar agreeing / disagreeing Unit 12 - THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE (Reading - Writing) TOPICS Global inequalities in access to health care Genetic engineering and nano-medicine Cloning Pandemics Clinical trials VOCABULARY FOCUS Verbs used to introduce ideas from other sources (X contends/suggests/asserts that ...) Linking words/phrases conveying contrast (whereas), result (consequently), reasons (due to), etc. Words for quantities (a significant minority) SKILLS FOCUS Reading: understanding how ideas in a text are linked Writing: deciding whether to use direct quotation or paraphrase incorporating quotations writing research reports writing effective introductions / conclusions
Intended for students of medicine who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. Designed for students at the upper intermediate to proficient level (CEF B2 - C2).
9781859644423 (Student Book with CDs)
English language--Sound recording for foreign speakers English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers English language--Problems and exercises--Medical English English language--Conversation and phrase books Medicine. B2-C2 (CEFR). Upper-intermediate to proficiency.