Medical English Clear & Simple: A Practice-Based Approach to English for ESL Healthcare Professionals

Medical English Clear & Simple: A Practice-Based Approach to English for ESL Healthcare Professionals
by Melodie Hull
Paperback: 480 pages
Published: January 4, 2010
ISBN-10: 0803621655
ISBN-13: 978-0803621657

This book guides readers through eight main sections, enabling them to explore and develop skills within certain systems or medical fields. Each unit enables readers to engage more actively with medical matter or content and encourages them to develop their own skills in medical English reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Throughout the book, topics are extended, interwoven, and deconstructed, with the readers’ understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions.
For the learners to take full advantage of the material, the book has included what the author believes is most needed by them. Exercises and learning activities offer language-learning conditions that enrich their communicative competence and skills within the context of their careers. Written by an experienced researcher in the field, Medical English Clear and Simple is an essential resource for students and researchers of medical English.