Course: German for Healthcare - B2

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Course title German for Healthcare - B2
Course code JC/ZKNZV
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zikešová Šárka, Mgr.
Course content
The course is designed to develop existing language skills in job-related contexts. Students practice German for specific purposes and familiarize themselves with issues peculiar to their branch of study. Learners extend their knowledge of sorting and using current information and improve their skill in the target language of the following specific medical themes: 1. Structure of the human body - continuation; Human body diseases - continuation ;. Medicines - continued 2. Counseling and support in specialist practice; Equipment in specialist practice 3. Seniors - continuation; Aid for the elderly - continued; Disabled - continue 4. Preparation for surgery - continued; Perioperative Care - continued; Postoperative care - continued; Devices in the operating room - continued 5. Communication in social and medical professions III.; Social facilities - continued; Social services - continued 6. Work with modern social networks in medical professions II.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
Aims: The course is designed to develop existing language skills in job-related contexts. Students practice German for specific purposes and familiarize themselves with issues peculiar to their branch of study. Learners extend their knowledge of sorting and using current information and improve their skill in the target language. The expected entry level is B1+ according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Learners are expected to have the skill of collecting and processing information.
Skills and competences: Learners will be able to understand complex texts , to handle topics related to medicine and to give reasons for their opinions. They will be able to draft a detailed text on a wide range of topics.
Prerequisites
- for non-native speakers Communicative competence: CEFR B1+ in specific German.

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Didactic test, Discussion

Subject completion requirements in case of a distance teaching mode: Based on the teacher´s requirements, the student participates in online lessons according to the schedule and completes the assigned tasks via the online system Moodle.
Recommended literature
  • Berglová Eva; Formánková Eva; Mašek, Miroslav. Německá gramatika-přehled, cvičení, testy. Plzeň, 1996.
  • Hein Bernd. Krankenpflegehilfe, Altenpflegehilfe, Lehrbuch für die Pflegeassistenz. 2007.
  • Hein Bernd. Lernkarten Altenpflegehilfe, Krankenpflegehilfe für Prüfungsvorbereitung. 2010.
  • Hein Bernd. Prüfungswissen Pflege: Wissensgrundlagen kompakt. 2014.
  • Jarmužek Alžběta a spol. Kommunikation in sozialen und medizinischen Berufen, Fraus, Goethe Institut 2003.


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