Course: Professional English III.

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Course title Professional English III.
Course code HUM/IPP21
Organizational form of instruction Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Grygová Bronislava, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: Emergencies; Bereavement and loss; Complementary and alternative medicine in midwifery; Revision.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Students should be able to communicate in the field of midwifery, use correctly the terms and phrases. The aim is to further develop language competencies within the European framework of referebce for languages A2 (B1), to practise grammar (especially language of technical and scientific texts). Students should be able to study English texts, fully comprehend them and be able to translate the texts into Czech. Language competencies focus on the effective communication with a patient, client, their family, colleagues and other medical staff.
Competencies acquired: - ability to describe and explain concepts related to body systems, organs, physiology and illness; ability to use specialized vocabulary (language used in surgery, hospital, during patients´ examination, taking the records (history), medical instruments and equipment); ability to use the language in communication with patients, ability to read and comprehend scientific texts, grammar typical of scientific and technical texts).
Prerequisites
English in Intensive Midwifery Care I,II.
HUM/IPP01 and HUM/IPC03
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HUM/IPP03

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Written exam

active participation in seminars, presentation, credit test and oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • (2011). Emergencies around childbirth: a handbook for midwives. London: Radcliffe Publishing.
  • (2017). Materiály projektu HELP.
  • (2013). The midwife's labour and birth handbook. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Allum, V., McGarr, P. (2010). Cambridge English for nursing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Czubak, Marzena, and Essie Hansen. (2015). English for Midwives. Medipage.
  • Glendinning, E., H., a Howard, R. (2007). Professional English in use - Medicine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Grice, Tony. (2016). Oxford English for Careers - Nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Simkin, Penny et al. (2018). Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn. New York.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Intensive Care in Midwifery (2020) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter