Lu / Corbett English in Medical Education

An Intercultural Approach to Teaching Language and Values
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84769-778-3
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 24, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

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 address issues of cultural competence. English in Medical Education responds to these changes by re-imagining the language classroom in medical settings as an arena for the exploration of values and professional identity. The chapters cover topics such as the nature of cultural competence; how to understand spoken discourse in a range of medical settings; the use of tasks and problems in language education for medics; the development of critical skills and the use of literature and visual media in language education for doctors. It will interest everyone teaching English for Medical Purposes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lu, Peih-ying

Corbett, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Foreword

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 Settings

References

Über Autor(innen)

Lu, Peih-ying
Peih-ying Lu is Associate Professor of English, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. She has published on intercultural language education in Taiwan, intercultural language education and citizenship, and on the use of art, literature and problem-based learning in medical education.

Corbett, John
John Corbett is Professor of English and Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at BNU-HKBU United International College, China. He is the author of An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching (2nd edition Multilingual Matters, 2022).

Peih-ying Lu is Associate Professor of English, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. She has published on intercultural language education in Taiwan, intercultural language education and citizenship, and on the use of art, literature and problem-based learning in medical education.

John Corbett is Professor of English at the University of Macau and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. He has published widely on language education and on corpus-based linguistics. Among his books are An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching (Multilingual Matters 2003) and Intercultural Language Activities (Cambridge University Press, 2010).