English in Medical Education : An Intercultural Approach to Teaching Language and Values /

This book addresses recent developments in medical and language education. In both fields, there have been methodological shifts towards 'task-based' and 'problem-based learning'. In addition, both fields have broadened their focus on clinical expertise and linguistic skills to a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lu, Peih-ying (Autor), Corbett, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2012]
Colección:Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
Temas:
Communication in medicine.
English language > Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel) > Medical English.
Medical personnel and patient > Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel) > Language.
Medical personnel > Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel) > Language.
Medicine > Language.
Transcultural medical care > Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel) > Language.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language.
English for Medical Purposes.
English for Specific Purposes.
health communication.
medical communication.
medical education.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction - English in Medical Education
  • 2. Intercultural Communicative Competence in Medical Settings
  • 3. Task Design in Language and Medical Education
  • 4. Exploring Medical Language
  • 5. Medical Talk
  • 6. Critical Cultural Awareness in Medical Education
  • 7. Literature and Language in Medical Education
  • 8. The Visual Arts in Medical Education
  • 9. Course Design for Intercultural Language Education in Medical
  • References
  • Index

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