Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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SEMRA & VEFA KÜÇÜK SCHOOL OF HEALTH / HEM406 - NURSING

Code: HEM406 Course Title: PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IV Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department NURSING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ŞAHİN KOÇ (sahinkoc@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) MELTEM KARATAŞ,
Language of Instruction English
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
This course is a continuation of Professional English III and it aims to provide the students with skills of writing, speaking, reading and listening, analytical and critical thinking skills, gaining academic skills through reading and writing activities, and using English in various situations they will encounter in their work life.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can follow the English literature in his/her field. PO-6 6. Being able to use the effective communication skills.
PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
Examination
LO-2 can understand and use English used in professional environment. PO-5 5. Being an change agent on vocational and social sphere.
PO-6 6. Being able to use the effective communication skills.
PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
Examination
LO-3 can know and use English forms of medical instruments in the workplace. PO-6 6. Being able to use the effective communication skills.
PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
Examination
LO-4 can communicate with his/her colleagues and a patient with a health problem in English. PO-6 6. Being able to use the effective communication skills.
PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
Examination
LO-5 can fill out personal information in an English application form. PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
Examination
LO-6 can make himself/herself understood in basic everyday workplace communicative situations PO-6 6. Being able to use the effective communication skills.
PO-10 10. Being able to understand and speak a foreign language and analysing information on his/her realm.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course, students work on advanced English grammar patterns and English words, expressions and speech patterns used in professional life.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
2 Pediatrics: common illnesses and inquiries in children, conditionals: type 0/1. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
3 Pediatrics: wish clauses, showing sympathy. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
4 Audiology: parts of an ear, indefinite pronouns. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
5 Audiology: ear diseases. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
6 Home Care: future plans, future predictions. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
7 Home Care: elderly health problems, apologies. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
8 mid-term exam
9 Review Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
10 Genetics: relative clauses: who/ which/ that. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
11 Genetics, structure of a human cell, indirect questions and requests. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
12 Psychiatry: present perfect tense and present perfect continuous tense. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
13 Psychiatry: conditionals: type 2. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
14 Psychiatry: mental illnesses and disorders. Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
15 Review Grammar Practice, Role Playing, Translation Techniques, Professional Vocabulary
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Blackswan Step Up for Medical English 2
Required Course instruments and materials
Eng-Tur/ Tur-Eng Dictionary, course book, computer, board.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 1 2
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 1 2
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90