TY - BOOK AU - Fitzgerald, Patrick AU - McCullagh, Marie AU - Wright, Ros AU - Phillips, Terry TI - English for Medicine in Higher Education Studies / SN - 9781859644423 (Student Book with CDs) PY - 2010/// CY - Reading, UK PB - Garnet Education Limited KW - English language KW - Sound recording for foreign speakers KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Medical English KW - Problems and exercises KW - Conversation and phrase books KW - Medicine KW - B2-C2 (CEFR) KW - Upper-intermediate to proficiency N1 - 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. 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