PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH COURSE IN

RADIOLOGY

Lecturer Julija Grigaityte

Academic year 2018/2019
Semester 1

Volume of the course – 6 credits

(80h- classroom work, 80h- self
study, 4h -exam)
 Outcome of the course:
• development of professional and practical
communicative abilities of the medical English
language and ways of their expression.

The course lasts 16 weeks, starting on

September 6th, Classes – 5hours /16weeks,
(Muitines st.15- 311,312)
 Content of the course:
1. Introduction of the course. Testing language skills
2. Body parts. Internal organs. Systems of organs
3. Kidney anatomy (listening practice). Lexical Test
4. Medical specialists. Hospital wards and departments.
5. Medical equipment and instruments. Sterile
procedures
6 Illnesses. Symptoms of illnesses. Lexical Test
7. Acute and chronic diseases. Accidents and first aid
8.Healthy lifestyle. Balanced diet.
9. Infection control. Desinfectants and antiseptics
 Content (continued)
10. Causative agents: bacteria, viruses, fungi,
protozoa, helminths.
11. Basic investigations. Lexical test
12. Instrumental tests. Endoscopy. ECG
13. Radio therapy. Communicating with patients.
14. Radio diagnostics: X-ray and CT. Lexical test
15. MRI and ultrasound.
16. Radiological safety. Self-study work presentation
• Examination
 Midterm Assessments
• 4 Interim Tests – the last week in September,
the third week in October, the second week in
November, the first week in December.
• Examination – in January
 An INDIVIDUAL TASK for SELF-STUDY:
A presentation on the topic about diagnostic testing or radiotreatment (
e.g. Body tests and radiological treatments, bone density tests, UV
radiation, X-ray radiation, Magnetic resonance, Ultrasound, Apparatus
techniques: CT scanner, X-ray machines, Ultrasound scanner, Positron
emission tomography, Radiotherapy, etc.)

1. To produce a topic, independently selecting material from an article, book

or different sources of information (to read not less than 3 pages)
2. To write a summary of the studied topic (1 page)
3. To produce a vocabulary of important medical terms used in the selected
texts (not less than 50 terms)
4. To hand in the prepared self-study folder including the title page in English,
the studied literature, a summary, the vocabulary of terms – the second
week in December
5. To speak on the topic in class (presentation using the PowerPoint program
would be an advantage)
Objectives of the English self-study

• the appropriate use of the studied medical

vocabulary;
• ability to use the vocabulary in context;
• development of communication skills;
• correct use of grammatical categories;
• encouragement of creativity, initiative and
independence;
• encouragement of the use of IT skills.
English self-study work assessment
criteria:
• The use of medical vocabulary 20%
• Logical sequence, consistency, creativity 30%
• Grammatical correctness 20%
• Language fluency (speaking, but not reading)
20%
• Correct pronunciation 10%

Overall scoring: 100% (10 points)

 Assessment :
• Skills during exam and/or class work– 20%
listening, 30% speaking, 50% writing
• Cumulative assessment – 10% self-study +40%
interim tests /classroom activities +50%
examination
 LITERATURE
1.Grigaitytė J.Medicininės anglų kalbos pratybos. Kauno kolegija, 2003
2. Glendinning E.H English in Use -MEDICINE, Cambridge University
Press, 2014
3.Ramanauskienė D., Zagorskaitė E. Anglų-lietuvių kalbų medicinos
terminų žodynas, Vilnius, 2010
4. Handouts from McCarter S. Medicine1/2, Oxford University Press,
2012; Grice T., Greenan J.Oxford English for Careers Nursing 1,2 ,
Student‘s book. Oxford University Press, 2010; Pohl A. Test Your
Professional English Medical. Penguin, 2002.
5. http://www.medterminologyforcare.co.uk/medical/free-interactive-
medical-terminology-exercises.htm
6. https://glosbe.com/en/lt/medical
 Contacts of the lecturer:
julija.grigaityte@go.kauko.lt,
julijagri0601@yahoo.com

Thank You for attention.