Autumn Semester 2014 “English for Midwives” BKAJ0121 Angličtina 1 I Mgr. Radomíra Bednářová office hours: Tue 13-14, Wed 13 – 14 (UKB, building A15, ground floor; best entrance ring the bell on the 2^nd floor corridor) rbednar@med.muni.cz 549 49 81 70 class takes place: A15/113 Study materials to be entered under: https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1411/podzim2014/VSAJ0121/index.qwarp Evaluation criteria: Midsemester test, credit test (pass/fail) Midsemester test, oral presentation, written test + oral exam Class attendance Topics: Introduction Language needs analysis Human Body Muscles, Skeleton Cardiovascular System Hematic System + selected topics from midwife/doctor-and-patient communication, patient examination, first aid Compulsory homework consists of: Weekly READING and VOCABULARY/EXAM PRACTICE ONLINE Extra links Centrum jazykového vzdělávání http://www.cjv.muni.cz/cs/ International Student Club MU Brno http://isc.muni.cz/ * Tandem teaching – two students each from a different country teach each other their language http://isc.muni.cz/languages/languages.php * Tutoring – Czech students help internationals to find their way at the start of their studies http://isc.muni.cz/tutoring/tutoring.php MIMSA = Masaryk International Medical Students Association http://www.med.muni.cz/mimsa/ https://www.facebook.com/mimsa.cz English meetings in Brno https://www.facebook.com/groups/englishinbrno/ Stammtisch – more details at the Department of German Studies, Faculty of Arts http://www.phil.muni.cz/german/aktual.htm Homework for week 2: 1. check the e-learning (link above) + check online dictionaries 2. all exercises in Human Body Additional Practice 3. reading Human Body