Teaching Scientific English to Medical Students at University: The Assessment of Speaking and Writing Skills

Autor/in	Giordano, Giuseppe
Titel	Teaching Scientific English to Medical Students at University: The Assessment of Speaking and Writing Skills
Quelle	5 (2021) 28, (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2456-8104
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; English for Academic Purposes; Science Instruction; Language Teachers; Language Skills; Oral Language; Written Language; Medical Students; Physicians; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Geschriebene Sprache; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	Scientific English is a section of academic English which refers to the study of scientific subjects like biology and chemistry rather than humanistic subjects such as history and literature. The teaching of Scientific English can be a demanding task for language teachers since it concerns not only the common instruction of linguistic aspects of the language but also imparting the knowledge of a specific scientific topic. The aim of this paper is to discuss a personal experience about the teaching of Scientific English in an Italian academic context and the assessment of productive skills, writing and speaking. The discussion concerns the activities that are suggested to the students to improve their abilities to speak and write in English at an academic level. The learners' task was basically to prepare an oral presentation and to write an abstract on a topic of their interest. The stimulation of personal interest was essential to increase motivation and participation to the activities since this training may undoubtedly have a practical use in academic and professional contexts. Specifically, the learners consisted of a group of medical students attending a post-graduate school whereas the teacher was an English instructor with a long experience of language teaching at university as well as a medical doctor, thus assuming the double role of linguistic and science expert. In the end, the learning experience was positive, stimulating, and constructive for the improvement of both language productive skills. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01