1. MED 181 (Year one / Semester one)

English 181 provides Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy students with skills in composition, listening, speaking, and reading. Writing simple and extended definitions establishes the concept of the topic sentence. Instruction in limiting and supporting topic sentences, a key element in paragraph writing, is given. Since writing reflects thought processes, the cognitive skills of sequencing, generalizing, synthesizing, and making inferences and judgements about information are incorporated into the writing program. Reading and listening, especially to extract information, are integral parts of the course. Academic and scientific/medical vocabulary is developed through reading. Using health sciences topics, communication skills are developed through listening and speaking.

Pre-requisite: Admission to the Preprofessional Program.

English 182, which builds on skills learned in English 181, is designed to provide Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy students with skills in composition, listening, speaking, and reading. Paragraph organization is reviewed by means of writing paraphrases and summaries, and writing five-paragraph essays further develops language skills. The cognitive skills of sequencing, generalizing, synthesizing, and making inferences and judgments about information are continued at higher level than in English 181. The course includes the broadly scientific rhetorical functions of process, definition, and comparison and contrast. Reading and listening,

especially to extract information, are integral parts of the course. Academic and scientific/medical vocabulary is developed through reading and listening to authentic health sciences articles and lectures, and discussions of these develop speaking skills.

Pre-requisite: MED-English 181

English 183 provides skills in composition, listening, speaking, and reading. Essay organization is reviewed by means of writing five-paragraph essays. The cognitive skills of sequencing, generalizing, synthesizing, and making inferences and judgements about information are incorporated into the writing program at a higher level than in English 182. The course includes the broadly scientific rhetorical function of cause and effect. Students are introduced to research skills and are instructed in abstract, bibliography, and reference writing in order to produce a short research paper. Reading and listening to extract information are integral parts of the course. Academic and scientific/medical vocabulary is developed through reading and listening to authentic health sciences articles and lectures, and discussions of these serve to develop speaking skills further. Students are required to give oral presentations to demonstrate their research and presentation skills.

Pre-requisite: MED-English 182 and admission to relevant faculty.

180 English is a high beginner course that is made to give Faculty of Allied Health Sciences students the language skills that are needed to succeed in their academic courses. Students will be taught academic English in the areas of reading, speaking, listening, and writing. The course introduces sentence-level writing but will lead to guided paragraph writing. Students will be introduced to grammar that is necessary for each writing procedure. Academic and medical English vocabulary will be taught through reading and listening tasks. Students are expected to participate by asking questions and actively reading.

180 English is a high beginner course that is made to give Faculty of Allied Health Sciences students the language skills that are needed to succeed in their academic courses. Students will be taught academic English in the areas of reading, speaking, listening, and writing. The course introduces sentence-level writing but will lead to guided paragraph writing. Students will be introduced to grammar that is necessary for each writing procedure. Academic and medical English vocabulary will be taught through reading and listening tasks. Students are expected to participate by asking questions and actively reading.

182 English expands the content of the five basic language learning skills of the previous courses. Students read and listen to materials of a scientific/medical nature, discuss the topics with their classmates to broaden their comprehension, and then write about the topics they have discussed to show they are able to communicate comprehensibly. Grammar instruction is explicit and includes grammar used for science and medicine.

English 250 is an intermediate-advanced course designed to help Allied Health Students develop their reading and writing skills, the ability to synthesize information from several authentic sources into their own writing and improve their revising and editing skills. Writing skills are reviewed by examining various sentence structures and cohesion techniques. Students then write several procedure paragraphs and an essay proving a thesis. By reading model essays and scientific studies from journals, students improve their reading skills and learn to extract relevant information for their essay.

English 181 is designed to help students improve their English skills in writing, reading, listening, and speaking. The course introduces basic academic writing, teaching students how to write clear and organized paragraphs for different types of essays, such as procedure, definition, and comparison and contrast. To help students improve their writing, the course begins with a review of important grammar rules. Students also learn new medical and general vocabulary throughout the semester to support their progress. The course includes reading and listening activities based on medical topics. Students read essays and listen to short lectures, then answer simple questions to check their understanding. These essays also show students how to write similar texts. Speaking is an important part of the course. Students practice expressing their ideas clearly and confidently in class discussions and activities.

FOPH English 182 is designed to help students at the FOPH at Kuwait University develop their skills in English composition, reading, listening, and speaking. The course introduces students to academic writing and focuses on teaching students to write well developed, grammatically correct body paragraphs from procedure, definition, and comparison and contrast essays. To facilitate their progress in writing, students participate in an intensive review of the fundamentals of English grammar in the first part of the course. Students also engage in an independent study of basic medical terminology as well as general vocabulary throughout the semester that will help them in all aspects of the course. Another component of English 182 is reading and listening comprehension. To help students in this regard, the course features a series of essays and lectures on a variety of medical topics followed by comprehension questions. These essays also serve as models for student writing. Speaking skills are integrated into all aspects of the course as students are expected and

encouraged to express their thoughts and ideas clearly, logically, and fluently.

FOPH English 183, which builds on skills learned in English 182, is designed to provide students at the Public Health Sciences with intermediate level skills in composition, listening, and reading. Paragraph organization is reviewed, and composition skills are further developed by writing five-paragraph essays. Since extended writing reflects thought processes, the cognitive skills of sequencing, generalizing, synthesizing, and making inferences and judgments about information are incorporated into the writing element of the course. This program is designed to include the broadly scientific rhetorical functions of process, definition, and comparison/contrast. Reading and listening, especially to extract information, are integral to the course. Academic and scientific/medical English vocabulary is developed through reading and listening exercises, and students continue to review the fundamentals of English grammar.