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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