Eficientizarea procesului de predare-învăţare a limbii engleze medicale prin intermediul materialelor autentice

Abstract

Research objectives: to reveal the concept of English for Specific Purposes in teaching and learning future medical professionals; to highlight the importance of learning Medical English in the context of globalization (at cognitive and professional level); to assess the academic process of teaching and learning medical English in order to review the materials at curriculum level; to identify the communicative and specific needs of medical students; to highlight the efficient ways of using, optimizing and implementing authentic materials during Medical English classes; to elaborate methods and techniques for exploiting authentic materials in order to enhance the process of learning Medical English among future healthcare workers. The scientific novelty and originality is based on the concept of “making authentic materials more efficient” which aims at highlighting new trends and identifying new updated techniques that can be applied in ESP classes; adjusting authentic materials to professional (medical) requirements for training and developing the necessary specific skills, abilities, knowledge and experience; subsequently, applicable within the process of teaching-learning EMP. The solved scientific problem consists in identifying the theoretical and practical background that will ensure the implementation and validation of The Pedagogical Model elaborated to prove the efficiency of using authentic materials in teaching and learning EMP, as well as the impact of using authentic materials at the university level, in the context of educating social and professional workers within globalized conditions.