Work-out I
Theme: “My Future Profession”
Lexics: New words and word combinations
Grammar: “Past PerfectTense”, “Future Perfect Tense”
Aims:
Didactic aims: to form the following components of competence in students:
communicative component:
to form listening (audition), reading, speaking, writing skills
Urgency of the theme:
Medical students must know the importance of studying medical clinical lexics to describe clinical picture of a disease, which they’ll study at clinical disciplines.
Methods of teaching:
Associograms, verbal-graphic method, inductive method, method of integration (use of background knowledge of the passed disciplines in English), roleplays, creative tasks.
Literature:
1. “Essential English for medical students”, A.M. Maslova, Z.I. Winestein,
L.S. Plebeyskaya, M.-2003.
2. “Grammar in use” for intermediate students R. Murfhy, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
3. “Vocabulary in use”, Intermediate, Stuart Redman with Ellen Shaw, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
4. “Test your Professional English”, Alison Pohl, Series editor:Nick Brieder, 2003.
Tasks:
a) to teach students to do morphological analysis of words, paying attention to the Greek term – elements
b) to find “Past PerfectTense”, “Future Perfect Tense”in the text
c) to develop students’ skills on monological speech on the given theme for making up a dialogue-conversation by using new lexics and grammar
d) to teach students to read the text with commenting and giving their opinion
Complete the sentences in Past Perfect.
Without any reason, the customer returned the goods that we (deliver) ________-.
Before Ellen could say anything, Cindy (hang up) ________ the phone.
When William was employed, I (work / already) ___________ here for three years.
I (start / just) __________ to type the letter, when the phone rang.
When I (send) _________ the mail, I realised that I (forget) _________ to attach the file.
Sue and Tom are best friends, though before the meeting last month they (know / not even_______________ each other.
Catherine (meet / not_____________ Phil Brown before the trade fair in May.
We spoke about the conference that (take place) ___________ the week before.
After the meeting I thanked Misses Last, who (manage) ____________ everything.
(you / gain) ______________ experiences in that field before you started to work for us?
Write your idea.
Read the text again
My Future Profession
In Kazakhstan hundreds of thousands of young people study at different medical institutes. They study numerous theoretical and special subjects. They have practical training during which they do the work of nurses and assistant doctors. Such a course of studies helps them to gain much knowledge of medicine, which will give them the possibility to diagnose different diseases and treat people.
But medical students must remember that it is not easy to be a good doctor? A good doctor must have not only deep knowledge of a particular field of medicine such as surgery or therapy. He must love people and have a kind heart. He must give all his knowledge, all his abilities, all his talent, and all his time to people, to the protection of their health.
One of the prominent therapeutists Prof. M.P.Konchalovsky considers that a person may be a poor writer, he may be painter or an actor but a man cannot and must not be a bad doctor.
Medical students must understand well all the difficulties of their future profession. They must remember that often it will be difficult to diagnose a disease, sometimes it will be even more difficult to cure it. But a good doctor will always do his best to gain his patient’s confidence. And the confidence of a patient in his doctor is a “valuable remedy”.
Did you hear about Hippocrates Oath before you entered the Institute? What does it read? It reads, ’’I shall enter any house for the good of the patient. I shall not do my patient any harm’’-these are the words from Hippocrates Oath. And they must be not only words for medical students. They must become the motto of their life.
Medical students must remember that to treat patients is a great art but not an ordinary trade. It is one of the professions which requires a real calling for it.