English for Nursing I
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish
Head instructor
Dra. Monica CLUA - mclua@uic.es
Office hours
12pm to 1pm Wednesdays.
Date of renovation of the Teaching Guide: May 2012
Introduction
This course is designed to equip nurses interested in working in an international setting with both the language skills and cultural awareness to form a proactive part of any healthcare team. Drawing on the learner’s knowledge and experience, the course is highly functional with a task-based learning approach to language using clinical and academic settings to set the context for skills and content that are transferrable to any other international arena. This is a dynamic course where student engagement is fundamental to the individual’s success as the course focuses on effective communication.
The program contains 3 elements that include teacher-led sessions, tutorials and autonomous learning. The teacher-led component places equal emphasis on student interaction in acquiring listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Tutorials will focus on student development and interpersonal skills and will include an evaluated group project. The autonomous learning component focuses on developing reading, writing and listening skills, consolidating grammar, specific lexis and increasing the autonomy of the learner when learning a foreign language.
Minimum global level is that of a B1 before the start of the course.
To equip nurses with a working knowledge of professional English for the international nursing context by focusing on the nursing role and embedding the most relevant language and communication skills by:
- Creating a lexical basis related to healthcare.
- Developing listening comprehension skills through audio clips and simulated interactions between nurses, their colleagues and patients.
- Developing speaking skills through role play, simulation, problem solving and presentations.
- - Improving fluency, pronunciation and intelligibility.
- Extending understanding of idiomatic and colloquial language.
- Developing writing skills for clinical communications and academic purposes.
- Fostering critical thinking and reflective practices through simulation and feedback sessions.
- Developing a proactive attitude in discussions and decision-making.
- Developing skills that demonstrate an awareness of cultural variance.
- Developing autonomous learning skills.
Students will in English:
- Demonstrate autonomous learning through the completion of writing tasks and the preparation of oral presentations.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of healthcare vocabulary as related to the body and aspects of the nursing process.
- Draw on spoken and written information and apply it to tasks related to the nursing process and academic content.
- Construct grammatically and functionally correct structures in spoken and written communication related to the nursing process and academic topics.
- Demonstrate knowledge acquisition by accessing and managing information appropriate to the task.
Topics:
Topics covered include anatomy, physiology and disease, and those related to the nursing process, networking, and issues of current interest in nursing.
Language knowledge:
It is expected that students taking this course will have a good working knowledge of English grammar at a minimum B1 level. Therefore gaps in grammatical knowledge should be dealt with by the student at the recommendation of the teacher.
There will be teacher-led sessions using a task-based learning approach to engage students in interactive activities involving problem-solving, simulation and role play, with equal emphasis placed on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Students will discuss course contents in collaborative tasks. They will give presentations as well as produce some writing assignments. Listening activities will comprise listening for general and specific information given in simulated situations and in presentations by other students.
The Internet will serve as a source for language tools and material which students can apply throughout their overall learning process. These materials will further form an integral part of the students’ autonomous learning, thus equipping and motivating students for the life-long learning of English related to their field.
The teacher-led component will constitute 40% of the course load (2.4 ECTS) and be based on the linguistic competencies outlined in the nursing degree program.
The tutorial projects will represent 20% of the course load (1.2 ECTS) and will consist of 3 oral presentations involving researched information.
The autonomous learning component 40% 2.4 ECTS) will include a range of guided activities for students to pursue and complete outside of class, with the aim of increasing students’ autonomy with respect to language learning.
Activity |
% final grade |
Learning outcomes |
Progress tests
|
20%
|
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of healthcare vocabulary as related to the body and aspects of the nursing process. - Construct grammatically and functionally correct structures in spoken and written communication related to the nursing process and academic topics. - Demonstrate autonomous learning through the completion of academic research and writing tasks. (comp. 29, 21, 24) |
Cooperative Learning Activities (discussions, role plays, problem-solving activities. Please note that some tasks will be recorded for evaluation) |
15% |
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of healthcare vocabulary as related to the body and aspects of the nursing process. - Draw on spoken and written information and apply it to tasks related to the nursing process and academic content. - Construct grammatically and functionally correct structures in spoken and written communication related to the nursing process and academic topics. - Demonstrate knowledge acquisition by accessing and managing information appropriate to the task. (comp. 29, 23, 21, 22) |
Written work
|
15%
|
- Construct grammatically and functionally correct structures in spoken and written communication related to the nursing process and academic topics. (comp. 21) |
Homework (online activities) |
5% |
- Demonstrate autonomous learning through the completion of academic research and writing tasks. - Demonstrate knowledge acquisition by accessing and managing information appropriate to the task. (comp. 24, 22) |
Oral presentations |
20% |
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of healthcare vocabulary as related to the body and aspects of the nursing process. - Draw on spoken and written information and apply it to tasks related to the nursing process and academic content. - Construct grammatically and functionally correct structures in spoken and written communication related to the nursing process and academic topics. - Demonstrate knowledge acquisition by accessing and managing information appropriate to the task. (comp. 29, 23, 21, 22) |
Final exam
|
25% |
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of healthcare vocabulary as related to the body and aspects of the nursing process. - Demonstrate a working knowledge of healthcare vocabulary as related to the body and aspects of the nursing process. - Draw on spoken and written information and apply it to tasks related to the nursing process and academic content. - Construct grammatically and functionally correct structures in spoken and written communication related to the nursing process and academic topics. - Demonstrate knowledge acquisition by accessing and managing information appropriate to the task. - (comp. 24, 29, 23, 21, 22) |
Please note that the final exam is only worth 25% of the grade for the course. 75% of the total grade is made up of continuous evaluation activities. Therefore it is essential to attend the final exam will be comprised of a reading, writing, listening and speaking component based mainly on the nursing process.
The second sitting will only be worth 45% of the total grade, and will only be used to replace progress tests and the final exam.
No fees of Honor awarded for 2nd call
E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session: