Abstract
The process of building the European Higher Education Area has fostered the internationalization of higher education and placed special emphasis on the prominent role of learning foreign languages. The implementation of the new degrees has included the so-called language requirement that must be taken into account when developing new teaching materials for the grades. In this paper we analyse various methodological and educational aspects in the six textbooks that were used to teach English for Health Sciences, ten optional subjects of the former Degree in Medicine. The ultimate goal of the analysis of the aforementioned books is to develop a taxonomic model that serves for the creation of supporting materials to be used in the optional subject of the new Degree in Medicine at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Highlights
The building the European Higher Education initiated by the Bologna process has placed special emphasis on the prominent role of learning foreign languages, and the implementation of the new university degrees requires students to attest a level B1 in a foreign language to complete undergraduate studies and enrol in a Master’s degree
The aim of this book is to develop speaking and listening skills primarily, though some attention is given to reading skills, especially in the use of reference materials and journal articles, and to writing, with a range of medical documents. This textbook is intended for doctors, medical students in the clinical phase of their studies and other medical professionals who have to use English to communicate with patients and their relatives and with medical colleagues
The various textbooks that have served for teaching the English for health science subjects at the University of Las Palmas in almost twenty years reflects the evolution vol 13 (2015) 175-186
Summary
The building the European Higher Education initiated by the Bologna process has placed special emphasis on the prominent role of learning foreign languages, and the implementation of the new university degrees requires students to attest a level B1 in a foreign language to complete undergraduate studies and enrol in a Master’s degree. While books are written to be relevant to as large number of students as possible (McGrath, cited by Danaye Tous & Haghighi 2014: 56), ESP is predominantly student-centred, and students’ considerations should be at the top of the list of the selection criteria These considerations include whether the materials will be useful to the students, if they stimulate their curiosity, if the materials are relevant to the students and their needs, if they are fun to do, or whether the students will find the tasks and activities worth doing (adapted from Vičič 2011: 112). Each of these 30hour courses dealt with a different clinical specialty such as microbiology, ophthalmology, pharmacology, clinical pathology, or medical chemistry.
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