| Week |
Date |
Activities |
Homework |
| 1 |
13/9 |
Introduction
to course, teacher, etc
Medical
vocabulary test
|
|
| 2 |
20/9 |
Medical
Vocabulary (1) Introduction to medical terms: technical
and ordinary terms Problem
solving activities 1
|
Revise
Medical Terminology & Use Medical Terminology Web:
the head http://ec.hku.hk/mt/thehead.htm ; prefixes -
position & description |
| 3 |
27/9 |
Medical
Vocabulary (2) Strategies for tackling medical terminology
Problem
solving activities 2 |
Revise
Medical Terminology & Use Medical Terminology Web:
the trunk and limbs http://ec.hku.hk/mt/trunks.htm ; suffixes -disease/change in the body |
| 4 |
4/10 |
Medical
Vocabulary (3) Using medical terms in correct forms
Problem
solving activities 3A |
Revise
Medical Terminology & Use Medical Terminology Web:
the cardiovascular system http://ec.hku.hk/mt/cardiovascular.htm;
suffixes – surgery and incisions, other medical
suffixes |
| 5 |
18/10 |
Introduction
to the Medical Engineering Project: Analyze topics, choose
topics (pairs) Problem
solving activities 3B
|
Revise
Medical Terminology & Use Medical Terminology Web:
the female reproductive system http://ec.hku.hk/mt/female.htm,
the urinary system http://ec.hku.hk/mt/urinary.htm
|
| Reading
Week |
| 6 |
1/11 |
Medical
Vocabulary Quiz Medical
Vocabulary (4) Pronunciation of medical terminology
Interview
Skills – the structure & language of
|
Revise
Medical Terminology & Use Medical Terminology Web:
the mouth
http://ec.hku.hk/mt/themouth.htm ; prefixes - number
and measurement
Plan and set up an interview with someone in the Medical
Faculty or hospital department
Prepare interview of English Teacher
|
| 7 |
8/11 |
Interview
Skills – practice interview of English teacher(s)
Prepare
interviews of medical staff
|
Revise
Medical Terminology & Use Medical Terminology Web:
revision quizzes http://ec.hku.hk/mt/quizzes.htm
Arrange interviews with medical/engineering staff
Write up interview with English Teacher
|
| 8 |
15/11 |
Holding
Meetings: following agendas and writing, minutes |
Conduct
interviews with medical/engineering staff |
| 9 |
22/11 |
Holding
Meetings: following agendas and writing minutes
Information searching skills
|
Last
chance to conduct interviews with medical/engineering
staff
Prepare summary of information from medical staff
|
| 10 |
29/11 |
Holding
a meeting (In-class assessment) - group
meetings to report back on preliminary investigations
with medical staff and to generate specific research proposals. |
Revise
medical terminology
Write minutes and include a project proposal
|
| 11 |
6/12 |
Medical
Vocabulary (5) Review of Medical Terminology
Submit project proposals
Submit minutes
|
Revise
Medical terminology –test your knowledge by using
the word part list http://ec.hku.hk/mt/dictiona.htm |
| 12 |
13/12 |
Medical
Terminology Test (In-class assessment)
Course
evaluation |
|
| Week |
Date |
Activities |
Homework |
| 1 |
24/1 |
Introduction
to the second semester
Revision of minute writing
1st Project team meeting
Write up final project proposal
|
Complete
final project proposal
Prepare of interview questions
Arrange interviews with engineering staff
Minutes assessment
Speak Easy: How Important are presentation skills? http://webct.hku.hk/public/xoral/
|
| 2 |
7/2 |
Introduction
to Oral Presentations & Poster Presentations:
- characteristics
of poster presentation, planning
One-minute presentations
|
Speak
Easy: Planning your presentation
Conduct interviews with engineering staff
Conduct experiments if possible
Each group should bring 2 visuals (graphs/diagrams/pictures)
about your topic to the next lesson
|
| 3 |
15/2 |
Poster
Presentations/ Oral Presentations:
- using visual aids, Q&A session
One-minute presentations
Pronunciation – intonation, pausing, showing enthusiasm
Review of MEP progress so far, make short oral summaries
to classmates, use a visual to explain part of the topic
|
Conduct
experiments if possible
Last week for conducting interviews with engineering staff
Analyze data, Write up information for posters
Bring name of 1 medical & 1 engineering professional
who you would like to invite to see (and assess) your
PP to next lesson. |
| 4 |
21/2 |
2nd
Project team meeting
Writing the poster:
• Analyze results of interviews, discuss implications,
discuss poster contents. Write sections of the posters
|
Minutes
assessment
Last week for conducting experiments
Make draft posters
|
| 5 |
28/2 |
Writing
the poster:
- reporting, summarizing, layout etc, describing & explaining data
Submit draft posters for homework by the end
of the week
|
Speak
Easy: Delivery
Make draft posters
Identify 6 technical words from the PP to ‘teach’ to your classmates
(write down their phonetic transcription, meaning etc)
Submit draft posters
|
| 6 |
7/3 |
Tutorial
on draft posters:
-
Practice poster presentation
Practicing
(and teaching) technical words from the PP
|
TOPS
The Oral Presentations Skills Site http://ec.hku.hk/tops
Revise posters and prepare final version
Practice the presentation of the posters
|
| 7 |
14/3 |
READING
WEEK: POSTER PRESENTATIONS for Medical and Engineering
Faculties (in-class assessment/joint assessment
with Engineering Faculty) |
|
| 8 |
21/3 |
3rd
Project team meeting
Debriefing from Poster Demos
Professional Report Writing: posters vs. reports
Functions and features of professional reports
|
Minutes
assessment
Write first draft of group reports
|
| 9 |
28/3 |
Planning,
editing and proofreading skills in writing technical reports |
Finish
first draft of report |
| 10 |
4/4 |
Submit
draft report
Embedding graphics in reports
|
|
| 11 |
11/4 |
4th
Project team meeting
Report Writing: group tutorials on first draft
|
Minutes
assessment
Write final draft
|
| 12 |
18/4 |
Submit
final draft (in-class assessment marked
jointly with Engineering Faculty)
Course Evaluation
Self Assessment of skills improvement
|
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