Natural recycling of grammar while teaching medical English
Keywords:
mixed-level groups, recycling of grammar, natural context, English for Medicine, Dental Medicine, Obstetrics and Pharmacy, practice for accuracy;, using language for fluencyAbstract
In the last few years Varna Medical University has introduced several new specialties, thus challenging lecturers to design new courses of English for health care management, dental medicine, pharmacy, obstetrics, etc. Each discipline has its own range of essential topics, terms and grammar to acquire. The structure of the language taught in these subjects, al-though very similar, still needs appropriate contexts to naturally recycle grammar items. stu-dents’ groups are traditionally mixed level in terms of language proficiency, and multicultural with diverse educational backgrounds. The materials designers and textbook authors have to focus on natural contexts from each narrow specialty in medicine. The aim of this article is to explore and demonstrate how one and the same grammar item is practised and revised in different contexts typical for the specific discourse of the medical specialty.
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