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A CASE STUDY ON SPANISH FOR MEDICAL DOCTORS
A CASE STUDY ON SPANISH FOR MEDICAL DOCTORS

Author(s): María-Victoria Ruiz Lozano Haenni
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: foreign language for specific purposes; form; approach; syllabus; readjustment of CEFR descriptors; didactic material;

Summary/Abstract: Organizing and preparing a language course on the threshold level for medical doctors demands a variety of strategic and methodological planning and considerations. The article deals with the questions as to what command of the foreign language medical doctors need to possess for which purpose a survey of the linguistic requirements of the target students and the specific individual objectives is presented. This relates to the readjustment of the CEFR descriptors necessary to fit such a course and discusses the form, approach, syllabus that were employed to ensure the learning target. Specific didactic material and tips that have proved to be helpful conclude the text.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 23-31
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English