学术英语介绍

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Requirements



Be autonomous in your English learning; Be engaged in out-of-class listening practice; Read the text critically and get ready for any activity in the classroom; Accomplish the assigned oral presentation in class; Get dynamically involved in any classroom activities;
Objectives

To expand by a large margin their vocabulary, especially those specialized terms in medical context
Objectives

To be able to prepare and deliver presentation with/without the aid of PPT on the topics related to medicine
Assignments


Teamwork
The assignment, to be completed in a group of four or three, is to further your understanding of the text covered in class, to facilitate your actual use of target language in context, and to build cooperation with other learners.
Objectives

To enrich themselves with knowledge of content matter such as treatment and prevention of diseases, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), emerging and reemerging diseases, etc.
Assignments



Evaluation Criteria for evaluation include: Overall Impression, Organization, Pertinence, Use of Language. As a teamwork task, a holistic approach is employed for the judgment of the performance, allowing differences of a small range between the scores. The performance accounts for 10% in the final grade.
Course Description

This course, therefore, is framed to provide the students with opportunities



to expose themselves to the subject matter related to medicine, to develop language proficiency and skills as needed for communication in academic contexts, and to use English language in simulated or real situations where English language serves as the medium for communication.


Presentations for Unit 1
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Do you agree that it is sheer neuron overload on the doctor side that leads to the complaint that doctors don’t listen? (Page____) Describe Mrs. Osorio’s condition. (Page____) What are good and bad things about Mrs. Osorio’s conditions that run through the author’s mind? (Page____) Describe the situation when Mrs. Osorio might send the delicately balanced three-ring circus tumbling down. (Page____) Compare multitasking in human beings and in the computer field. (Page____) Use numbers to justify that it is juggling mind that keeps doctors awake at night. (Page____) What are possible solutions to the impossible high-wire act of juggling competing details and panicking about slipping a critical one? (Page____)
Objectives

To build up a stock of language for writing journal papers.
Textbook and Teaching Materials


《学术英语（医学）》.季佩英，孙庆祥等 .2012. 外 语 教 学 与 研 究 出 版 社. Supplementary video clips
Course Description

Rationales for this course

English for Academic Purpose entails a vast array of skills and a good knowledge of the subject matter.
Brief Introduction to Schedule
Assignments


Classroom Oral Presentations
You are supposed to deliver 3-minute presentations on the given topics related to the content of the text (Topics for presentation of Text A).
Assignments


Teamwork
Preparation The class is divided into groups according to the class size. A group will be designated to work on a particular topic. A week’s time is allowed for each group to make preparation.
Assignments


Classroom Oral Presentations
Your presentations will be integrated into other classroom activities when the related part is discussed. Your presentation is judged by PREPARATION, PERTINENCE, FLUENCY, PRONUNCIATION AND REACTION from the audience. Your presentations account for 10% in your final grade.
Requirements




Enlarge your vocabulary and language knowledge and improve your sense of the target language; Enrich yourself with knowledge of medicinerelated issues; Accomplish writing assignments; Ensure your attendance.
Final Evaluation & Grading

Assignments



Task Design Each group is supposed to complete Researching and reporting as described in each unit and deliver a 10-minute PPT report as a team. The students are encouraged to use the language learned from the text. The PPT should be emailed to the instructor two days ahead of the report.
Objectives

To be proficient when communicating in academic contexts
Objectives

To be familiar with the components of a typical journal paper, and the characteristics of each component
A Course of Academic English for Medical Purpose
Course Description

Overall Objective

To help the students with their English proficiency in academic contexts where medicine is the subject matter
Course Description

Rationales for this course

Shift from English for General Purpose (EGP) to English for Academic Purpose (EAP) and English for Specific Purpose is the trend of English teaching and learning at tertiary level in China.
Course Description

Raห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ionales for this course

Although inseparable, EAP differs from EGP in many respects and warrants special attention so that the learners use English language proficiently and properly in academic contexts.