School Of Health Scıences
Nursıng And Health Servıces

Course Information

OCCUPATIONAL ENGLISH II
Code Semester Theoretical Practice National Credit ECTS Credit
Hour / Week
HEM204 Spring 3 0 3 3

Prerequisites and co-requisites None
Language of instruction Turkish
Type Required
Level of Course Bachelor's
Lecturer Ebru Gönenç
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Suggested Subject None
Professional practise ( internship ) None
Objectives of the Course This course aims to help students develop their communication skills. This course will enhance their health and nursing related vocabulary and will improve the skills necessary for finding and succeeding in future employment. After completing the course, the students will be able to use health related terminology, write reports and make short presentations. They will be able to participate in job related interviews and meetings.
Contents of the Course HEM204 is a 3-hour course, aims to improve students’ language skills in grammar, basic vocabulary, sentence structure, dialogues, reading, auditory and visual skills. This course is committed to practical communicative methodology. We also aim to teach language in health and nursing field.

Learning Outcomes of Course

# Learning Outcomes
1 Develop and use personal strategies for learning
2 Identify and use field- related terminology
3 Apply area vocabulary in a variety of academic speaking, listening, writing, and reading activities.
4 Recognize and use the different forms of a word (noun, verb, adjective, adverb).
5 Improve the skills necessary for finding and succeeding in future employment
6 Read and evaluate a variety of texts.

Course Syllabus

# Subjects Teaching Methods and Technics
1 Reading: Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Vocabulary: NPs definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: fill out interviewer's notes Presentation, Discussion, Cooperative Learning Method
2 Reading: Proper Nutrition Vocabulary: Nutrition definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: fill out notes about a change of diet recommendation Content-based Learning, Communicative Method, Cooperative Learning Method
3 Reading: Preventing the Spread of Disease Vocabulary: Hygiene definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: filling out a patient interaction report Content-based Learning, Communicative Method, Cooperative Learning Method
4 Paragraph Types and WritingTechniques Discussion, Task based method
5 Paragraph Types and WritingTechniques Discussion, Task based method
6 Reading: Prescription/ Medication Vocabulary: Administering Medication/ definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: filling out an evaluation form about a nurse's work Son sınav için konuların tekrarı-Review for Final Exam Communicative Method, Audio-lingual Method, Cooeperative Learning Method
7 Review for Midterm Exam Communicative Method, Audio-lingual Method, Cooeperative Learning Method
8 Midterm Exam
9 Reading: Patient Admission Vocabulary: Taking Patient History (Biographic/ Psychological/ Medical/ Family) definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: Fill out a patient admission form Presentation, Discussion, Task based method
10 Reading: Patient Condition Check Vocabulary: Vital Signs definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: fill out a patient condition check form Presentation, Discussion, Task based method
11 Writing Exam - Reading: First Aid Guidelines Vocabulary: Accidents/ Emergencies/ First Aid definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: fill out emergency room patient notes Content-based Learning, Communicative Method, Cooperative Learning Method
12 Reading: First Aid Guidelines Vocabulary: Accidents/ Emergencies/ First Aid definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: fill out emergency room patient notes Content-based Learning, Communicative Method, Cooperative Learning Method
13 Reading: Monitoring Your Wound Vocabulary: Types of Wounds definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: fill out medical record Content-based Learning, Communicative Method, Cooperative Learning Method
14 Reading: Stages of CKD and CKD Test Analyses Vocabulary: Chronic Kidney Disease definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: filling out kidney test result form Content-based Learning, Communicative Method, Cooperative Learning Method
15 Reading: Prescription/ Medication Vocabulary: Administering Medication/ definitions/sentence-level exercises Listening and speaking: listening to a conversation and acting out roles Writing: filling out an evaluation form about a nurse's work Son sınav için konuların tekrarı-Review for Final Exam Communicative Method, Audio-lingual Method, Cooeperative Learning Method
16 Final Exam

Course Syllabus

# Material / Resources Information About Resources Reference / Recommended Resources
1 Nursing, Virginia Evans, Kori Salcido, Express Publishing

Method of Assessment

# Weight Work Type Work Title
1 30% Mid-Term Exam Mid-Term Exam
2 60% Final Exam Final Exam
3 10% Quiz Quiz

Relationship between Learning Outcomes of Course and Program Outcomes

# Learning Outcomes Program Outcomes Method of Assessment
1 Develop and use personal strategies for learning 2 1͵2͵3
2 Identify and use field- related terminology 2 1͵2͵3
3 Apply area vocabulary in a variety of academic speaking, listening, writing, and reading activities. 2 1͵2͵3
4 Recognize and use the different forms of a word (noun, verb, adjective, adverb). 2 1͵2͵3
5 Improve the skills necessary for finding and succeeding in future employment 2 1͵2͵3
6 Read and evaluate a variety of texts. 2 1͵2͵3
PS. The numbers, which are shown in the column Method of Assessment, presents the methods shown in the previous table, titled as Method of Assessment.

Work Load Details

# Type of Work Quantity Time (Hour) Work Load
1 Course Duration 14 3 42
2 Course Duration Except Class (Preliminary Study, Enhancement) 14 2 28
3 Presentation and Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
4 Web Research, Library and Archival Work 0 0 0
5 Document/Information Listing 0 0 0
6 Workshop 0 0 0
7 Preparation for Midterm Exam 1 6 6
8 Midterm Exam 1 1 1
9 Quiz 1 6 6
10 Homework 0 0 0
11 Midterm Project 0 0 0
12 Midterm Exercise 0 0 0
13 Final Project 0 0 0
14 Final Exercise 0 0 0
15 Preparation for Final Exam 1 6 6
16 Final Exam 1 1 1
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