Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
English in Dentistry
Course Code
VC_061
Branch of Science
Languages and Literature
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Dentistry
LQF
Level 5
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Tatjana Zakutajeva
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To develop students’ communication skills for use in academic and professional settings and to facilitate the acquisition of professional terminology for productive use.
Preliminary Knowledge
Knowledge of the English language at secondary school level.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.On successful completion of the course, students will be able to • recognize professional terminology in different types of texts; • recall professional terminology related to the field of dental hygiene; • describe different phenomena in the field of dental hygiene using professional terminology in English.
Skills
1.Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to: select and use appropriate terminology in English for oral communication (presentations, discussions) and written communication (doctor's records, letters of referral, medical article annotations) in the the field of dental hygiene; use appropriate language devices to communicate their ideas both in written and spoken language; summarise the information from any kind of source in written and spoken language using relevant terminology in English; retell the general idea and specific information in different kinds of texts from varied types of sources.
Competences
1.On successful completion of the course students will be able to practically apply the acquired terminology in varied interaction settings.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual and pair work: preparing a presentation on one of the course topics; work with monolingual dictionaries (definitions/explanations of the terms); writing summaries according to the given principles.
Students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the course.
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Examination
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1.
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• Active participation in classes; written homework – of appropriate quality, submitted in due time, the quality of oral answers -10%;
• Presentations on the topics covered 2 times throughout the course - 30%;
• Test – checking terminology acquisition and its practical application - 20%;
• At the end of the course – Written Examination – checking knowledge and practical application of terminology, general comprehension and understanding of specific information, and the language use - 40%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Topics
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Introduction to the course. Effective communication.
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Medical breakthroughs. Presentation
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Medical breakthroughs. Presentation
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Signs and systems. Pain assessment scales and pain management. Test.
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Signs and systems. Pain assessment scales and pain management. Test.
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2
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Vocabulary enrichment on the theme History of dentistry and Dental specialties.
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Terminology acquisition on the theme Preventive dentistry.
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Terminology acquisition on the theme Human dentition and Anatomy of oral cavity. Test.
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2
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Terminology acquisition on the theme Dental surgery, Dental unit and basic dental instruments.
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Lexical minimum acquisition on the theme Cross infection control in the dental practice and Professional disease prevention.
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Communication skills development in dentist – patient interaction: communication in the dental practice. Managing dental fear.
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Communication skills development in dentist – patient interaction: communication in the dental practice. Managing dental fear.
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Terminology acquisition on the theme Dental caries. Terminology acquisition on xerostomia and halitosis.
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Terminology acquisition on the theme Dental caries. Terminology acquisition on xerostomia and halitosis.
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Semester presentation.
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Auditorium
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Semester presentation.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
K.Studzińska-Pasieka, M. Otto. Open Your English Wider. Poland: Bestom-Dentonet. pl. 2016.
2.
E. Martin. Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University press, 2014.
Additional Reading
1.
Medicine. Sam McCarter, Oxford University Press, 2019.
2.
Nursing. Tony Grice, Oxford University Press, 2018.
3.
Cambridge English for Nursing. Virginia Allum, Patricija McGarr, Cambridge University Press, 2018.
4.
Professional English in Use. Medicine, Eric H. Glendinning, Ron Howard, Cambridge University Press, 2017.
5.
Easwood, J. Oxford Practice Grammar. Intermediate. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Other Information Sources
2.
www.dentistry.co.uk/
3.
www.oup.com/elt