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9781847697752

English in Medical Education An Intercultural Approach to Teaching Language and Values

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    9781847697752

  • ISBN10:

    1847697755

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-08-13
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters

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Summary

This book addresses recent developments in medical and language education. Both fi elds have broadened their focus on clinical expertise and linguistic skills to address issues of cultural competence. The book re-imagines the language classroom in medical settings as an arena for the exploration of values and professional identity.

Author Biography

Peih-ying Lu is Associate Professor of English, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. She has published on intercultural language education in Taiwan, intercultural language education and citizenship, and on the use of art, literature and problem-based learning in medical education.John Corbett is Professor of English at the University of Macau and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. He has published widely on language education and on corpus-based linguistics. Among his books are An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching (Multilingual Matters 2003) and Intercultural Language Activities (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

1. Introduction: English in Medical Education

2. Intercultural Communicative Competence in Medical Settings

3. Task Design in Language and Medical Education

4. Exploring Medical Language

5. Medical Talk

6. Critical Cultural Awareness in Medical Education

7. Literature and Language in Medical Education

8. The Visual Arts in Medical Education

9. Course Design for Intercultural Language Education in Medical Settings

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