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English for Academic Purposes ΙΑΥ111 COURSE OBJECTIVE: Development of the appropriate language skills (vocabulary & grammatical-syntactic features) for the comprehension of the basic ENGLISH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY as well as for the comprehension and written production of medical scientific papers.
COURSE CONTENT: Topics The academic organisation of the university environment – History of Medicine – Anatomical Terminology - Histology – Biochemistry – Microbiology – Biology – Physiology – Digestive System – Medical ethics – Nervous system & Endocrinology – Pharmacology & Drugs – Pathology & Immunology – General Surgery – Musculoskeletal system & Orthopaedics Language features: Tenses (Active & Passive Voice) – Derivatives & Nominalisation – Prepositions – Participles & Gerunds – Relative clauses – Reporting verbs – Modal verbs & Hedges. The structure of the medical research paper (Title, Abstract, Methodology, Graph Description, Results, Discussion, References).
COURSE METHODOLOGY AND OUTCOMES: The material used for teaching include: a book (distributed via Eudoxus) and digital, multimedia material, uploaded in the online platform E-course of the Univ. of Ioannina. Group projects are assigned and particular emphasis is placed upon use of New Technologies (power-point presentations, creation of infographics, use of corpora, etc.) for the practice of language skills. By the end of this course, students are expected to have acquainted with the basic English Medical Terminology and the language requirements of a medical scientific paper.
C1 2 2h/week
English for Medical Purposes IAY213 COURSE OBJECTIVE: Development of the appropriate language skills (vocabulary & grammatical-syntactic features) for the comprehension of ENGLISH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY as well as for the comprehension and oral production of professional medical English.
COURSE CONTENT: Topics Cardiology – Urology – Gynaecology, Obstetrics & Pregnancy – Andrology – Paediatrics – Dermatology – Otorhinolaryngology - Ophthalmology – General Medicine – Neurology, Psychiatry & Behaviour Disorders – Diagnosis, Therapy & Intensive care medicine Language features: Articles – Adjectives – Compounds – Common Abbreviations – Paraphrase – Informal use of language – Phrasal verbs – Elliptical/Emphatic constructions. Professional Medical English (Patient History, Patient Examination, Breaking (bad) news to the patients, Hospital environment, Case study presentation).
COURSE METHODOLOGY AND OUTCOMES: The material used for teaching include print material, a dictionary (distributed via Eudoxus) and digital, multimedia material, uploaded in the online platform E-course of the Univ. of Ioannina. Group projects are assigned and particular emphasis is placed upon use of New Technologies (power-point presentations, creation of infographics, use of corpora, etc.) for the practice of language skills. By the end of this course, students are expected to have acquainted with a wide range of English Medical Terminology and the language requirements of professional medical English.
C1 2 2h/week
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