OS - English Conversation - DV01084

• Title: VP - Konverzace v anglickém jazyce
• Guaranteed by: Department of Languages (13-821)
• Faculty: Second Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2016
• Semester: both
• Points: 3
• E-Credits: 3
• Hours per week, examination: 0/20, C [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (12); summer:unknown / unknown (12)
• Min. number of students: 6
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: Mgr. Eliška Králová

Syllabus

Last update: Marie Havlová (04.10.2015)

English Conversation

Vyučující: Dr. James Partridge, D.Phil.

Témata/ Topics:

1/ English grammar (with particular focus on differences from Czech)

• Verb tenses and aspects

• Conditionals (1st, 2nd and 3rd)

• Articles

• Phrasal verbs

• Use of idioms / Slang

2/ Medical English: Language

• Different registers of English: when and how to be informal or more formal.

• Learning vocabulary: sources; reading (popular / specialist medical literature)

3/ Medical English: Practice

• Conversation with patients (adults and children); practical sessions in class.

4/ Medical English: Practice

• Videos on medical / scientific topics, discussing content and issues raised

5/ Medical English: Discussion

• A range of discussion topics taken from medicine, especially questions of medical ethics.