EN242 : English Language

Department

Department of Public Health

Academic Program

Bachelor in public health

Type

General

Credits

04

Prerequisite

Overview

Course code and title

(EL 242 ) General English and Medical Terminology

Course coordinator

Department /Division offering the course

The general department / Faculty of medical technology

Departments teaching the course

The general department

Total credit hours

4 hours/week-(4 credit)

Language of instruction

English

Level of course (Year/Semester)

2020-2021 / First semester

Date of specification approval by Council

2017-2018

Intended learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

understanding about some of the common structural patterns of the language

To use English in a correct way in their study.

Know more about roots, prefixes and suffixes.

Learn a number of medical terms.

A.1

Understand English text and common medical terminology

A.2

Identify and use specific, general and medical vocabulary selected from reading passages taught during the course.

A.3

Develop the reading skills including skimming and scanning of long reading passages.

A.4

Make simple inferences from a reading text

B. Intellectual Skills

B.1

Improve analytical and critical reading skills.

B.2

Demonstrate intellectual flexibility, inquisitiveness, critical reasoning, logical thin tolerance, the ability to cope with uncertainty and problems.

B.3

An ability to assess the value and limitations of existing knowledge and experimental techniques.

B.4

Developed skills of independent learning, written, oral and visual presentation.

C. Professional and Practical Skills

C.1

Answer direct grammar questions on specific grammatical points

C.2

Write a well-organized paragraph/ essay

C.3

Answers common questions about medical terms in English.

C.4

Improve pronunciation of vowels

D. General/Transferable Skills

D.1

Develop better attitude towards learning English language

D.2

Develop a higher level of awareness of the importance of English in our ag expressing the right of Islam to others

D.3

Developed the ability to work independently.

D.4

Integrate the four language skills to improve their competence an

English language and match technical medical terminology with their nontechnical

Teaching and learning methods

. Lectures

. Assignments

. Projects

. Presentation

Methods of assessments

s.n.

Assessment Method

Due (week)

Weight (%)

1

Midterm exam1

Week eight

15

2

Midterm exam2

Week sixteen

15

3

Final exam

Week eighteen

70

4

Assignments/HWs

Week six and week twelve

-

Total (%)

_

100%