Foreign language (for professional purposes)
Course: Medicine (the Ukrainian language of instruction)
Structural unit: Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Title
Foreign language (for professional purposes)
Code
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2025/2026
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 21. Find the necessary information in professional literature and databases of other sources, analyze, evaluate and apply this information.
PLO 27. Communicate fluently in the state and English languages, both orally and in writing, to discuss professional activities, research and projects.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Operate with the knowledge, skills and abilities previously formed during the study of the course "Foreign language (for professional direction)" at a sufficient level of B1; the ability to participate in debates and competently justify one's views; the ability to independently work with scientific and scientific-methodical literature; possession of elementary skills of system analysis, synthesis and generalization of information.
Course content
The educational discipline "Foreign language (by professional direction)" is a component of the professional training program for specialists of the educational level "Master" in the field of knowledge 22 "Health care" specialty 222 "Medicine". The educational discipline "Foreign language (for professional direction)" is a mandatory discipline that lays the foundations of the professional language of the future specialist with the further perspective of using the acquired knowledge in professional activities; continues to form communicative, sociocultural, pragmatic and professionally oriented communicative competence. The discipline is designed to lay the foundations of modern professional speech, to familiarize with professional terminology and rules for compiling documentation, to form the skills and abilities of current types of professional speech activity of future specialists in the specialty 222 "Medicine".
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. O.K. Kurdish. English. Textbook for students of the 1st-2nd years of the Institute of Biology and Medicine.
2. David Austin, Tim Crosfield. English language for students and nurses. K.: Medicine, 2011.-176p.
3. O.K. Kurdish, N.V. Solovey. A Guide to Better Grammar (workshop on English grammar).-K.: VPC "Kyiv University", 2013.-384p.
4. Glendinning Eric H., Holmstrong Beverly A.S. English in Medicine.: Cambridge University Press, 2000.-154p.
5. Glendinning E.H., Howard R. Professional English in Use. Medicine.: Cambridge University Press, 2007.-175p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, individual work.
Assessment methods and criteria
- semester assessment:
1. Modular test 1 (max/min)
РН 1.1 – 2.4; – 20 points / 10 points.
2. Modular test 2 (max/min)
РН 1.1 – 2.4; – 20 points / 10 points.
3. Preparation of the presentation and its presentation (report) (max/min)
РН 1.1 – 4.1; – 8 points / 4 points.
4. Oral answers / additions (max/min)
РН 1.1 – 3.1; – 12 points / 6 points. - final assessment: in the form of an exam
Exam (max/min) – 40 points / 24 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Svitlana
Volodymyrivna
Onysenko
Department of Language Training
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Language Training
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center