1st Year English Language Curriculum

(ENGEng-11) 1st Semester (1 credit)

15 hours theory (1 hour/week)

Subject: English in Basic Medical Science (The book contains eight units dealing with medical and scientific fields; including the topics below)

TOPICS

1. Reading and comprehension
2. Solutions to comprehension problems
3. Contextual reference
4. Rephrasing
5. Relationship between statements
6. The description of structure
7. Defining and non-defining relative clauses
8. Relative clauses with prepositions
9. Free reading
10. Information transfer
11. Guiding writing
12. Sentence building
13. Use of language
14. Listing
15. Short-form relative clauses
16. Analysis into lists
17. The anatomical positions
18. Locative adjectives
19. Locative verbs
20. Locative prepositions
21. Locative prefixes
22. Paragraph reconstruction
23. Verbs of naming
24. The present participle and the past participle as modifiers
25. Paragraph building
26. Passives
27. The impersonal use of IT
28. Nouns formed from verbs
29. The use of time expression
30. Compound adjectives
31. Combining sentences with an-ing clause
32. Short form of time clauses
33. Inversion
34. Extension exercises
35. Comprehension exercises
36. Stating function
37. Active and passive verbs
38. Essay writing

(ENGEng-12) 2nd Semester (1 credit)

15 hours theory (1 hour/week)

Topics

1. Presenting Complaint
2. Understanding culture interpreting body language
3. Working in general practice
4. Reaching into general practice in the UK
5. Instructions and procedures
6. Papering for the first ward round giving instructions
7. Explaining and reassuring
8. Patient care explaining gastro copy emphasis discussing
9. Dealing with medications
10. Prescribing drugs in hospital
11. Lifestyle
12. Sympathy and empathy
13. Parent and young children
14. Talking about oneself re assuring an anxious parent sharing experiences
15. Communications
16. Understanding why patient can appear vague asking and responding to open question
17. Working in psychiatry
18. Asking about self harm
19. Terminal illness and dying
20. Care in the community
21. Working in team
22. Finding out about politeness in different cultures
23. Diversity at work
24. Asking about culture spiritual needs in palliative care

Practical
Subject: MEDICINE (Oxford English for Careers) 
Topics

1. Introduction
2. Presenting complaints
3. Working general practice
4. Instructions and procedures
5. Explaining and reassuring
6. Dealing with medication
7. Lifestyle
8. Parents and your children
9. Communication
10. Working in psychiatry
11. Terminal illness and dying
12. Working in team
13. Diversity at work
14. Review

Topic

1. Introduction
2. It's my job /emergency medicine
3. Accidents
4. Sport medicine
5. Obstetrics
6. Psychiatry
7. geriatrics
8. Dermatology
9. Surgery
10. Cardiology
11. Respiratory medicine
12. Tropical diseases
13. Technology
14. Review