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ENGLISH PROGRAM
I. Year 1: Basic English (Compulsory)
Textbook: Life (A2). National Geographic Learning (2016)
Expected outcome: Students are expected to achieve A2 level by the end of Year 2.
SEMESTER 1: 45 hours.

Unit Grammar Vocabulary Real life Pronunciation Listening Reading Critical Speaking Writing Medical Content Hours
(functions) thinking
1. People be (am/is/are) personal meeting people contracted a photographer an article about a the writer’s asking questions text type: a Staff/ Personnel in hospitals 9h
possessive ’s information for the first forms the same talking about a family of explorers purpose friends and family personal  Vocabulary + Pronunciation:
and family time or climber an article about facts about description
possessive wordbuilding: different sounds an interview with an world population countries writing skill: Definitions of Different Specialists
adjectives word roots spelling explorer and, but  . Listening /Speaking: A doctor’s
everyday verbs people at a working day.(Verbs, collocations,
word focus: in conference
present simple)
2. plural nouns colours everyday shopping /ɪ/ or /i:/ word someone talking an article about close reading your objects and a description of  Vocabulary + Pronunciation + 9h
Possessions this, that, these, objects furniture stress about a family’s four apartments in possessions a room in your Reading:
those there countries and contrastive plastic possessions Seoul a room in your home
is/are nationalities stress an interview with an article about a home where things text type: Introduction to Medical Terminology
prepositions of wordbuilding: Andy Torbet global product are adverts writing (prefixes, suffixes, roots)
place suffixes (1) word from skill:
focus: one/ones describing
adjectives objects with
adjectives
3.Places present simple telling the time giving -s endings someone talking an article about no- relevance your life text type: a Vocabulary + Speaking: 9h
adjectives about directions saying numbers about a 24-hour car zones exchanging description of a Departments in hospital
cities places of restaurant in Norway an article about information about place
work an interview with a languages spoken a photographer writing skill:  .Ask for directions in a hospital
word focus: work student living in around the world favourite numbers capital letters  Give directions in a hospital
wordbuilding: London and their relevance
collocations an interview with
cardinal and Beverley Goodman
ordinal
numbers places in
a city
4.Free time like/love + -ing free-time talking about /ŋ/ three people talking an article about fact or likes and dislikes text type: short Healthy habits 9h
adverbs of activities abilities and linking sentence about their free-time identical twins opinion daily life emails  . Speaking /Presentation on how to
frequency wordbuilding: interests stress activities an article about a your abilities writing skill:
expressions of verb + an interview with nature reference words stay healthy (Assignments)
frequency noun collocations Norbert Rosing photographer  . Body exercises: words related to
can/can’t sports an article about anatomy
extreme sports
an advert for
volunteer work
5.Food countable and food verbs food ordering a /tʃ/ or /dʒ/ someone talking an article about summarising famous dishes text type: Nutrition 9h
uncountable quantities and meal linking of about a noodle chef food markets from different instructions  How food is absorbed into the body
nouns (a, some containers word contracted in Chinatown around the world countries writing skill:
and any) focus: of forms punctuation (physiology)
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Unit Grammar Vocabulary Real life Pronunciation Listening Reading Critical Speaking Writing Medical Content Hours
(functions) thinking
a lot of and not a menu people describing an article about the planning a special (food – nutrients- cell membranes –
much / wordbuilding: famous dishes from Svalbard Global meal energy )
not many British or their countries Seed Vault buying food at a
how many / American English a conversation at a market
how much market summarising an
article

SEMESTER 2: 45 hours.

Unit Medical Content Objectives of the Medical content Hours

6.Money  Request for information in a hospital.
7.Journeys  Common diseases (common signs and symptoms, treatment,
precautions): flu, cold
8. Appearance  Body parts/ Medical terms in anatomy
 Histology: Molecules – Cell – Organs – System.
9. Film and  Speaking: Make an arrangement with your doctor.
the arts  Reading: Stress (How to cope with stress)
10.Science  Introduction to medical science
 General facts and figures: vital signs
Practice writing letter/ form and using expression in writing and speaking for 2h
access to documents
Acquire the new words of common diseases and their signs, symptoms and 2h
precautions through the reading comprehension.
 Acquire Body parts/ Medical terms in anatomy 2h
 comprehensive reading about the structure of Molecules – Cell – Organs
– System.
 Practice using expression in speaking to make arrangement with 2h
doctors
 Reading comprehension about the stress, acquire the new words
about sign/symptoms of stress, treatment, therapy of stress.
 Reading comprehension about the medical science 2h
 Through the reading get to know the fact and figures of the health
such as: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, breath....