| Authors: Kostas Termentzoglou & Michael Anetopoulos Publisher: Polish Association for Standards in Language Education - PASE. First published: 2008. Book: 94 pages with a CD which contains the audio for the Listening Tasks, the Teacher’s Guide with the transcripts of all the listening activities and the Interactive Review Exercise for each unit. ISBN: 1-2-1 Medical w/ CD: 978-83-926707-2-8 Printed in Poland. Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Mrs Jolanta Urbanik, the reviewer of the books. The publisher, co-publishers and authors are very grateful to all the teachers and students who participated in the piloting phase. Production Credit: Voice Recording and Post-Production Audio by Sparkly In My Rye Media Productions Ltd., Dublin, Ireland: www.simrmedia.com Technical support and the Internet communications by Poznań Technical University, Poland: www.put.poznan.pl Cover design by Miłosz Piróg Cover photo by fotolia.com Design & layout by ACTIS, Piotr Chmura-Cegiełkowski |   |
Unit Aims
| UNIT | LANGUAGE BUILT-UP | SPEAKING | LISTENING | WRITING | READING |
| 1 BASIC MEDICAL ISSUES page 5 | Medical vocabulary related to talking about personal experiences. | Making doctor’s appointments and describing symptoms. | Listening for specific details and note taking. | Semi-formal emails. | Reading for gist. |
| 2 NUTRITIONAL ISSUES HEALTHY LIFESTYLE page 17 | Medical vocabulary related to diet. | Talking about cholesterol, osteoporosis, diet, healthy eating and vitamins. | Listening for specific details and note taking. | Composing articles using “eye-catching” titles and practising note taking during lectures. | Reading for detail. Identifying the main idea at paragraph level. |
| 3 AT THE HOSPITAL page 33 | Medical vocabulary related to doctors and hospitals. Etymology of medical terms. | Talking about anaesthesia and discussing blood types. Learning to paraphrase. | Listening for specific details. | A letter for a job application. | Reading for the main idea. |
| 4 DRUG ISSUES page 50 | Word formation. Using Conditional Sentences. | Asking for medication. Ordering medicines at the Chemist’s. | Listening for specific details. | Informal letters. | Reading for gist and guessing the meaning of unknown words. |
| 5 PREGNANCY page 61 | Medical vocabulary related to pregnancy. Expressing emphasis. | Discussing pregnancy. | Listening for specific information and note taking. | Friendly e-mails. Reporting on medical matters. | Reading for detailed understanding. |
| 6 TRAVELLER’S DISEASES page 71 | Medical vocabulary related to infectious diseases. Paraphrasing lexical items and forming plural of medical terms. | Talking about immunisation and health hazards when travelling abroad. | Listening for specific details. | Articles. Formal e-mails. | Reading for gist. Paraphrasing a text. |
| 7 THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE page 82 | Expressing probability. | Discussing gene therapy and medical breakthroughs. Making a presentation. Debating an issue. | Listening for specific details. | How to write an entry for a magazine. Essays. | Reading for comment and discussion. |
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