Research Catalog

Title

English in Medical Education : An Intercultural Approach to Teaching Language and Values / Peih-ying Lu, John Corbett.

Author

Lu, Peih-ying

Publication

• Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2012]
• ©2012

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Corbett, John

Description

1 online resource (224 p.)

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

Uniform Title

Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

Subject

• Communication in medicine
• English language > Medical English > Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel)
• Medical personnel and patient > Language > Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel)
• Medical personnel > Language > Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel)
• Medicine > Language
• Transcultural medical care > Language > Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel)
• Education, Medical > methods
• Terminology as Topic
• Culturally Competent Care > methods
• Health Communication > methods
• Language
• Professional-Patient Relations
• English for Medical Purposes
• English for Specific Purposes
• health communication
• medical communication
• medical education

Note

• Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• English

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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

ISBN

• 1-84769-778-X
• 1-283-54845-3
• 9786613860903
• 1-84769-777-1

LCCN

10.21832/9781847697776

OCLC

• 811400583
• 1046612084
• SCSB-10609217

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library