Regional center for training and training of teachers at fergana state university

Description and evaluation of the Course

Technical English for health care profession is a crucial course that is offered in the second semester of the first year Clinical analysis students at the Institute of Paramedics Biskra. The syllabus was given twenty-one hours for the whole semester, three hour per a week which is not sufficient to fulfill the course objectives or to meet all the learners’ needs. The learners needs and level in English were evaluated through a pre-test (appendix n°04) in the first lecture which had been designed by their ESP teacher in order to design lessons according to their level, understanding and weakness. Since the course is oriented towards communication rather than knowledge acquisition in the field of specialization, Clinical analysis students are trained to interpret and use words appropriately and to formulate grammatically correct statements while talking and writing by exposing them to certain topics such as, lab reports, Blood(appendix n°03) , and hospital procedures. In addition to this, medical terminology is presented to them in order to be familiar with medical words of Latina and Greek roots, suffixes, prefixes.