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Catalog description
English for Academic purposes /Scientific English/
Sources:
  • Professional English in Use /Medicine/, Eric H. Glendinning ,Ron Howard, Cambridge University Press, 2007
  • International Medical Communication in English, John Christopher Maher, The University of Michigan Press, 2008
  • Research terms and expressions /Self-study materials for graduate students, Department of Foreign Languages, HSUM, 2009
    • Course objectives
    • To learn the structure of medical papers
    • To prepare short speeches and presentation on the scientific research
    • To develop the language skills including listening, reading and writing
    Grading

    10% - Involvement

    15% - Homework /Exercises/

    15% - Understanding and speaking practice /Presentation relating to the research/

    30% - Midterm test /2 progress tests during the study/

    30% - Final exam

    A 94-100% B+ 87-89% C+ 77-79% D+ 67-69% F 59 and below
    A- 90-93% B 84-86% C 74-76% D 64-66%
    B- 80-83% C- 70-73% D- 60-63%
    A=exceptional work
    B=above average /good progress/
    C=acceptable /average progress/
    D=not fully satisfactory /below average/
    F=failing

    Course requirements

    Involvement (10%)
    This course covers a lot of information. Students must follow the on-line version English lessons.

    Homework (15%)
    We will take 1 test. The test will focus on the concepts we learned while studying. Studying continuously on the homework will help us get the higher scores.

    Understanding and speaking practice (15%)
    Each master student will give a presentation at the end of the study.

    Midterm tests (30%)
    Students will take 2 progress tests during the semester and the tests will focus on the concepts we learned while reading, writing, and studying.

    Final exam (30%)
    The final exam will be comprehensible covering the material from the whole semester. The instructor will give the general test format before the test.

    Course calendar /48 hour

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    Topics

    Homework

    1

    Research studies

    Translating research expressions from English into Mongolian; 1 Problems and Questions

    2

    The structure of a research article

    2 Aims and Tasks of research

    3

    Anatomy of a medical paper; Title

    3 Research Processes and Paths of study

    4

    Abstracts

    4 Methods of research

    5

    Introduction

    5 Approach to and basic of scientific research

    6

    Methods

    6 Factual material

    7

    Results

    7 Difficulties in research

    8

    Discussion

    8 Treatment of material

    9

    Language functions in Medical writing

    9 Research method and technique

    10

    Data presentation

    10 Processes and influence of various factors

    11

    Conference presentations

    11 Results of scientific research and their practical application

    12

    Conference and seminar discussion

    12 Importance and role of research

    Final exam

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    • Instructor

      Name: T.Tuya
      Email address: ttuya2001@yahoo.com; tuya@mnums.edu.mn
      Credit hours: 2
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