COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

PLACEMENT: I SEMESTER THEORY: 2 Credits ( 40 hours)

DESCRIPTION:

The course is designed to enable students to enhance ability to speak and write the
language (and use English) required for effective communication in their professional work.
Students will practice their skills in verbal and written English during clinical and classroom
experience.

COMPETENCIES

On completion of the course, the students will be able to

1. Identify the significance of Communicative English for healthcare professionals

2. Apply the concepts and principles of English Language use in professional development such
as pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, paraphrasing, voice modulation, Spelling, pause and
silence
3. Demonstrate attentive listening in different hypothetical situations
4. Converse effectively, appropriately and timely within the given context as an individual or to
the team they are communicating with either face to face or by other means
5. Read, interpret and comprehend content in text, flow sheet, framework, figures, tables,
reports, anecdotes etc…
6. Analyse the situation and apply critical thinking strategies
7. Enhance expressions through writing skills
8. Apply LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) Skill in combination to learn,
teach, educate and share information, ideas and results.

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 COURSE OUTLINE

UNIT TIME LEARNING CONTENT TEACHING/ ASSESSMENT METHODS

OUTCOMES LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
I 3 Identify the Communication • Definitions with • Checking for
hours significance of • What is examples, understanding through
communicative communication? illustrations and tasks
English • What are explanations
communication • Identifying
roles of listeners, competencies/
communicative
speakers, readers
strategies in
and writers as LSRW
healthcare • Reading
professionals? excerpts on the
above and
interpreting them
through tasks
II 5 Describe concepts Introduction to • Exercises on • Through ‘check your
hours and principles of LSRGW listening to news, understanding’ exercises’
Language (English) • L- Listening: announcements,
use in professional Different types of telephone
development such as listening conversations and
pronunciation, • S-Speaking: instructions from
vocabulary, grammar, Understanding others
paraphrasing, voice Consonants, • Information on
modulation, spelling, Vowels, Word and fundamentals of
pause and silence Sentence Stress, Speech- C, V,
Intonation Stress and
• R- Reading: Intonation with
Medical vocabulary, tasks based on
• Gr-Grammar: these through
Understanding audio/ video and
tenses, linkers texts
• W- writing simple • Reading a
sentences and short medical
paragraphs - dictionary/
emphasis on correct glossary of
grammar medical terms
with matching
exercises
• Information on
tenses and basic
concepts of
correct grammar
through fill in the
blanks, true/false
questions

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III 5 Demonstrate attentive Attentive Listening • Listening to Checking individually against
hours listening in different • Focusing on announcements, correct answers
hypothetical listening in different news, • Listening for specific
situations situations- information
documentaries
announcements, • Listening for overall
descriptions, with tasks based
meaning and instructions
narratives, on listening • Listening to attitudes and
instructions, • With multip opinions
discussions, choice, Yes/No • Listening to audio, video
demonstrations and fill in the and identify key points
• Reproducing blank activities
Verbatim
• Listening to
academic talks/
lectures
• Listening to
presentation
IV 9 Converse effectively, Speaking-Effective • Different types Individual and group/ peer
hours appropriately and Conversation of speaking assessment through live
timely within the • Conversation activities related speaking tests
given context and the • Presentation of Situation
situations- to the content
individual or team in emergency and routine
they are informal, formal • Guided with
• Handoff
communicating with and neutral prompts • Reporting in
either face to face or • Factors and free doctors/nurses’ rounds
other means influencing way discussions • Case presentation
of speaking- • Presentation • Face to face oral
setting, topic, techniques communication
social • Talking to • Speaking individually
relationship, peers and (Nurse to
nurse/patient/doctor) and
attitude and other adults.
to others in the group
language • Talking to • Telephonic talking
• Greetings, patients and
Introductions, Patient attenders
requesting, • Talking to other
asking for and healthcare
giving professionals
permission, • Class room
speaking conversation
personally and scenario based
casual learning tasks
conversations
• Asking for
Information,
Giving
instructions and
directions

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 • Agreeing and
disagreeing,
giving opinions
• Describing
people, places,
events and
things, narrating,
reporting &
reaching
conclusions
• Evaluating and
comparing
• Complaints and
suggestions
• Telephone
conversations
• Delivering
presentations
V 5 Read, interpret and Reading • Detailed tasks Reading/summarizing/Justifyi
hours comprehend content • Reading and exercises on ng answers orally
in text, flow sheet, strategies, reading for • Patient document
framework, figures, information, • Doctor’s Prescription of
reading notes
tables, reports, inference and care
anecdotes and messages evaluation • Journal/news reading and
• Reading relevant • Vocabulary interpretation
articles and news games and • Notes/Reports
items puzzles for
• Vocabulary for medical lexis
everyday • Grammar
activities
activities,
abbreviations
and medical
vocabulary
• Understanding
visuals, graphs,
figures and notes
on Instructions
• Reading reports
and interpreting
them
• Using idioms
and phrases,
spotting errors,
vocabulary for

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 presentations
• Remedial
Grammar
VI 5 Enhance expressions Writing Skills • Writing tasks Paper based assessment by
hours through writing skills • Writing patient with focus on task the teacher/trainer against set
story fulfilment, band descriptors
• Note taking coherence and • Presentation of situation
• Summarising cohesion, • Documentation
• Anecdotal records appropriate • Report writing
• Letter writing vocabulary and • Paper writing skills
• Diary/ Journal correct grammar • Verbatim reproducing
iting • Guided and free • Letter writing
• Report writing tasks • Resume/CV
• Paper writing skills • Different kinds
• Abstract writing of letter writing
tasks
VII 8 Apply LSRW Skill in LSRW Skills • Valuating • Consolidated assessment
hours combination to learn, • Critical thinking different orally and through written
teach, educate and strategies for options/ tasks/ exercises
share information, listening and reading multiple
ideas and results • Oral reports, answers and
presentations interpreting
• Writing decisions
instructions, letters through
and reports situational
• Error analysis activities
regarding LSRW • Demonstration
-individually
and in groups
• Group
Discussion
• Presentation
• Role Play
• Writing
reports

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