1. FMUC Inglês October 2011 – January 2012 Michael Hughes

2. October 27
Introductions Needs Analysis Personal Statements Level-check Test Course Information / Admin Vocabulary – basic medical terms

3. Course Information
Attendance: minimum 7 out of 10 + final exam (i.e. maximum 3 ‘faltas’) Course times: start promptly at / 16.00; finish at / Course dates: as Faculty Calendar (if I am absent, classes will be made up, probably on a Friday afternoon!)

4. Course Information
Course Materials: Professional English in Use – Medicine (PEIUM), Glendinning and Howard, Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN: Other materials supplied during course

5. Course Information
Course Syllabus: based on needs analysis probably ocused on vocabulary and skills (reading, writing, speaking?); probably less focus on listening, grammar

6. Course Information
Course expectations: classes, not lectures development of knowledge and skills through input and practice participation and interaction

7. Course Information
Course expectations: in class – independent, working in English; in groups of 2, 3 or 4; discussions, exercises, etc., followed by feedback; self-checking of answers at home – regular homework, usually based on PEIUM; self-checking of answers

8. Course Information
My role: coach, not schoolteacher! Your role: independent, organised and proactive. Basically, the more you contribute to the course, the more you will get out of it!

9. Course Information
Assessment:
Final exam in January – no continuous assessment
And the first example of being independent, organised and proactive is ...
Compulsory homework for the first week: BUY/ACQUIRE THE BOOK!

10. Basic Definitions
____________ (Uncountable) the state of being unwell / not being in good health or (Countable) a health problem or (Countable) a period of being unwell ____________ (Uncountable) the state of being unwell / not being in good health or (Countable) a particular health problem (often associated with particular situations (e.g. travel ~, morning ~) that are often associated with vomiting)

11. Basic Definitions
(AN) ILLNESS (Uncountable) the state of being unwell / not being in good health or (Countable) a health problem or (Countable) a period of being unwell (A) SICKNESS (Uncountable) the state of being unwell / not being in good health or (Countable) a particular health problem (often associated with particular situations (e.g. travel ~, morning ~) that are often associated with vomiting)

12. ____________ a health problem or a permanent health problem, often affecting a particular part of the body, often incurable ____________ a health problem that is not very serious ____________ a health problem, often caused by an infection, possibly associated with a part of the body or the whole body (not just applied to people) ____________ a health problem caused by a microbe (aka a germ/bug), often affecting one part of the body

13. A CONDITION a health problem or a permanent health problem, often affecting a particular part of the body, often incurable AN AILMENT a health problem that is not very serious A DISEASE a health problem, often caused by an infection, possibly associated with a part of the body or the whole body (not just applied to people) AN INFECTION a health problem caused by a microbe (aka a germ/bug), often affecting one part of the body

14. ____________ (Uncountable) the study of diseases; or (Uncountable) the conditions/processes of a disease; or (Countable) any variation from the healthy norm ____________ a problem that causes a person to behave abnormally or that causes a part of the body to stop working normally or to work abnormally ____________ a set of physical conditions or behavioural patterns that show the sufferer has a particular medical problem

15. (A) PATHOLOGY (Uncountable) the study of diseases; or (Uncountable) the conditions/processes of a disease; or (Countable) any variation from the healthy norm A DISORDER a problem that causes a person to behave abnormally or that causes a part of the body to stop working normally or to work abnormally A SYNDROME a set of physical conditions or behavioural patterns that show the sufferer has a particular medical problem

16. ____________ an example of physical damage done to a body through an outside agency ____________ a type of physical damage where the skin is broken, e.g. by a weapon ____________ a ‘professional’ general word for injury/wound; or an abnormal change in a body part as a result of injury/disease ____________ a ‘professional’ general word for an injury/wound (often serious); or an emotional ‘injury’ or the experience that produces it

17. AN INJURY an example of physical damage done to a body through an outside agency A WOUND a type of physical damage where the skin is broken, e.g. by a weapon A LESION a ‘professional’ general word for injury/wound; or an abnormal change in a body part as a result of injury/disease A TRAUMA a ‘professional’ general word for an injury/wound (often serious); or an emotional ‘injury’ or the experience that produces it

18. PRONUNCIATION: STRESSED SYLLABLES
ILLNESS SICKNESS CONDITION
AILMENT DISEASE INFECTION
PATHOLOGY DISORDER SYNDROME
INJURY WOUND LESION TRAUMA

19. PRONUNCIATION: STRESSED SYLLABLES  
ILLNESS SICKNESS CONDITION
AILMENT DISEASE INFECTION
PATHOLOGY DISORDER SYNDROME
INJURY WOUND LESION TRAUMA         

20. PRONUNCIATION: THE SHORT /I/ SOUND AND THE LONG /i:/ SOUND  
ILLNESS SICKNESS CONDITION
AILMENT DISEASE INFECTION
PATHOLOGY DISORDER SYNDROME
INJURY WOUND LESION TRAUMA         

21. PRONUNICATION: THE SHORT /I/ SOUND AND THE LONG /i:/ SOUND  
ILLNESS SICKNESS CONDITION
AILMENT DISEASE INFECTION
PATHOLOGY DISORDER SYNDROME
INJURY WOUND LESION TRAUMA         

22. DESCRIBING A CONDITION
Symptoms
Causes
Diagnosis
Treatment
Complications

23. DESCRIBING A CONDITION THE PASSIVE
1. can be used The medicines used is found.
2. It is thought are incorrectly identified are incorrectly interpreted
3. is often thought
4. may be linked It is thought that,
5. This can usually be made

24. DESCRIBING A CONDITION THE PASSIVE
6. It is thought that
7. may be referred 8.
9. is provided,
10.

25. DESCRIBING A CONDITION THE PASSIVE
11. to be achieved
12. to be considered.
13. that are inherited
14. should be provided
15. About half of those children diagnosed with TS

26. HOMEWORK
Go to the NHS user website ( Click on the HEALTH A-Z window on the home page and find a medical condition that interests you. Make notes on your chosen condition under separate headings for:
Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment and Complications.

27. FMUC Inglês October 2011 – January 2012 Michael Hughes contact: michaeldh@fl.uc.pt