Subject

Scientific English in Nursing

  • code 09526
  • course 1
  • term Semester 2
  • type FB
  • credits 6

Module: Humanities and Arts Module

Matter: Modern language

Main language of instruction: English

Teaching staff

Head instructor

Gda. Wendi SMALLWOOD - wsmallwood@uic.es

Office hours

By appointment

Introduction

In the event that the health authorities announce a new period of confinement due to the evolution of the health crisis caused by COVID-19, the teaching staff will promptly communicate how this may effect the teaching methodologies and activities as well as the assessment.

The aim of this program is primarily to provide students with the necessary academic language required to understand and present nursing research in English. Critical reading and listening skills are particularly emphasized for this purpose, while speaking and writing skills are mainly reinforced to consolidate knowledge and to promote academic communication.

The programme contains 3 elements that include class-based lessons, tutorials and self-study. The teacher-led lessons focus on reading and listening activities related to topics in the field of scientific research and nursing. Such activities are designed to develop comprehension within an academic setting. Speaking and writing activities aim at improving communication common to academic and conference environments as well as to facilitate a solid linguistic base for the elements introduced throughout the subject. Tutorials will focus on student development and interpersonal skills and will include an evaluated group project. The final part being the self-study element which primarily focuses on developing reading, writing and listening skills, consolidating grammar, specific lexis and increasing the autonomy of the learner when learning a foreign language.

All three elements have been specifically designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge and resources that will increase their confidence in reading research and academic texts, understanding research presentations and communicating research topics in English.

Pre-course requirements

Students are asked to be aware of the B2 requirement in general English in order to graduate.

This course will develop your language and communication skills within the range of professional and academic communication skills but does not focus on the progress acquisition of general English.  Therefore it is strongly recommended to come to the course prepared with a B1 level in English.

Objectives

Classroom:

  1. To prepare and equip students with the lexical and grammatical knowledge necessary to understand, synthesize and present basic aspects of nursing research in English.
  2. To reinforce the receptive skills of reading and listening through practice, using a variety of stimuli and to facilitate the development of the productive skills of speaking and writing.

Tutorial:

  1. To develop students’ interpersonal skills and ability to work with others in both native and an additional language.

Self Study:

  1. To develop reading comprehension skills through tasks requiring students to analyze language on a lexical and structural basis, main and supporting ideas, and organizational patterns common in English literature related to nursing; to reinforce listening comprehension skills; to review high-frequency grammatical structures and vocabulary encountered in nursing research.

Competences / Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 21. B - Oral and written communication.
  • 23. B - Ability to analyze and synthesize.
  • 24. G - Ability to work autonomously.
  • 29. B - Know the scientific terminology in another language (English).

Learning outcomes of the subject

Linguistic competencies in English

Students will:

  • Be able to present nursing-related information orally (21B)
  • Be able to present nursing-related information in writing (21B)
  • Be able to read, understand and analyze nursing-related literature (23)
  • Demonstrate the ability to work autonomously (24G)
  • Be able to plan, organize and manage their work (24G)
  • Demonstrate the ability for interpersonal skills.
  • Use terminology and linguistic structures related to science (29B)  

Syllabus

Topics:

Students will cover topics related to the introduction of research concepts; research genres, academic and scientific literature, scientific theory, history of nursing, and terminology related to anatomy and disease, in particular cardiovascular diseases, infection control and nutrition.

Language knowledge:

Instruction of this component is dependent on the students’ language level, which will be determined on the first day by means of a level test. Students will revise/consolidate knowledge about gerund, participle and infinitive forms, present and past simple tenses, modals, the passive voice, noun phrases, question forms, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives, linking structures, adjective clauses, clinical terminology and high-frequency vocabulary related to health sciences research, sentence analysis, and paragraph organization.

Teaching and learning activities

Evaluation systems and criteria

Bibliography and resources

Class-based materials will be provided by the teacher.

Intranet and internet based materials for self study

Evaluation period

E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session:

  • E1 27/04/2021 10:00h
  • R1 14/05/2021 10:00h
  • E2 09/07/2021 12:00h
  • R2 19/07/2021 12:00h
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