Englisch für Gesundheitsberufe

The first part English for Patient communication introduces students to the foreign language in a professional context. The aim is to impart language skills and knowledge that are required for oral communication with patients in the fields of nursing, physiotherapy or midwifery in English-speaking countries or whenever English a common language. The focus is on building a vocabulary specific to the profession as well as on context-related oral communication, with an emphasis on speaking skills and listening comprehension. An essential aspect here is a communicative approach, which should enable the students to guide, instruct and advice their patients. Other learning outcomes are: - Students can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered at work - Students can use relevant vocabulary and suitable professional communication strategies - Students can use Teach back, Chunk & Check as specific communication strategies - Students can develop communication strategies for usage with other healthcare professionals The second part English for Reading of Academic Medical Texts is designed for learners at intermediate level or above who want to develop their reading skills for study purposes and also in preparation of future studies at Master level. Placing an emphasis not only on extensive reading skills development, but also on continued language development through four main areas: understanding the text, critical thinking, using the text and language focus on lexis typical for academic texts for the healthcare professions. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their current reading strategies, by doing a variety of task- based problem-solving activities. By exposure to the ideas of others, students will be able to refine and improve their reading strategies.

3 Tests • Listening 25% (2 texts of up to 5min each) • Reading 25% (1 text of ca 5 pages) • Speaking 50% (dialogue with 1 or 2 partners of up to 15min)

• Express Publishing: Physiotherapy; V. Evans, J. Dooley and S. Hartley MPT (2017)
• Wydawnictwo: English for Physiotherapy; J. Ciecierska English for Physiotherapy Fizjoterapia (2013)
• Springer: Fachenglisch für Gesundheitsberufe; S. Schiller (2011)
• OUP: Medicine 2; Sam McCarter (2019)
• Pearson: English for Nursing
• Vocational English Course Book; Maria Spada Symonds and Ros Wright (2011)
• Klett: Flash on English for Nursing; Adrienne Harrison (2017)
• Cambridge University Press: Cambridge English for Nursing; Virginia Allum and Patricia McGarr (2008)
• Cambridge University Press: Professional English in Use Medicine; Eric H. Glendinning and Ron Howard (2007)
• Pocket Guide English for Midwives
• Sprach- und Grammatikbücher Allgemeine und spezialisierte Wörterbücher Artikel auf den Websites wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriften

An additional and prior REGISTRATION of the students at the Language Centre is required (https://www.b-tu.de/sprachen)! No more than 25 students can be enrolled in each language course group. The courses can be held in presence or online

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