syllabus

IN THE WORLD OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINEThe elective course syllabus for the students of 10 -11 grades.

DESCRIPTION

The elective course is designed for the senior high school

students, who learn English in the naturalistic field.

The course was specifically developed to integrate the

students’ knowledge and practice of English, Biology and

Medicine.

The syllabus is designed for Intermediate and Upper-

Intermediate English learners.

AIM

To provide students with a professionally-orientated

English language training on the basis of the authentic

popular-science texts, naturalistic video and audio

materials.

OBJECTIVES

To train students to take an active part in cross-cultural

communication, using oral and written language skills.

To form a perceived attitude towards choosing a job for

life.

To show the importance of using the English language in

the framework of Biology and Medicine.

To nurture students’ erudition and knowledge.

To foster students’ naturalistic outlook and cognitive

interests.

PLANNED OUTCOMES.

PERSONAL.

Students will form:

A perceived attitude towards choosing a profession.

Naturalistic outlook

Cognitive interests

SUBJECTIVE.

Students will learn: To recognize the lexical units, learned from the course, and use

them in their speech following lexical rules. To use the active vocabulary in accordance with a communicative

task. To participate in communication on the basis of profile-oriented

topics. To express and defend their points of view on the highlighted course

problematic questions. To do listening comprehension for general, detailed and requested

information. To do reading on the topics, looking for general, detailed and

requested information.

META-SUBJECTIVE.

Students will master:

Various skills of processing information from the texts, i.e.

annotating, referencing, mind-mapping).

An ability to communicate efficiently and effectively,

while working in teams.

Research and project skills.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE COURSEThe course includes 41 hours* for 9 parts:

1. Introduction to the course – 1 hour.

2. Biology – 3 hours.

3. Aesthophysiology – 6 hours.

4. Medicine - 6 hours.

5. Microbiology – 6 hours.

6. Genetic Engineering – 5 hours.

7. Blood and its functions in a human body – 4 hours.

8. Biology and Medicine discoveries – 3 hours.

9. Final class – 3 hours.

* Plus 2 hours for make-up classes.

TYPES OF STUDENTS’ INTERACTION

Solo work

Pair work

Group work

CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES

Brainstorming. Reading authentic scientific texts for general, detailed

and requested information. Discussion of the texts. Debates on the problem. Collecting and reviewing information. Panel discussion. Watching scientific videos. Project making. Glossary making.

TYPES OF CONTROL

Current: Vocabulary dictation. Definition test. Reading test. Translation. Mind maps. Annotation. Summaries. Oral presentation.

Mini – essay.

Final: Final test The defense of the project.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION