Open AccessConstruction of Modular-Based Curriculum Framework for Medical English Teaching in China
Author(s) -
Changyou Wang,
Haiyang Wang,
Xinhua Luan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-4750
pISSN - 1916-4742
DOI - 10.5539/elt.v13n12p37
Subject(s) - curriculum , internationalization , pace , china , modular design , process (computing) , medical education , college english , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , political science , business , geodesy , international trade , law , geography , operating system
Current research on the medical English curriculum system is in an unsystematic state. According to the modular teaching theory and ESP classification, especially Hutchinson & Waters’s (1986) and Jordan’s (1997) categories, three modules of medical English curriculum system are put forward for non-English speaking countries to cultivate their international medical students and strengthen their international cooperation. These modules are Medical Humanities English, Medical Occupational English and Medical Academic English. Each of the above modules is independent but related to the others in a sequential relationship. Offering modular medical courses not only provides a language platform for medical students to catch up with the pace of internationalization, but also accelerates the process to study the advanced medical technology through international communications.