Medical English,as a specialized form of English,has attracted considerable attention due to its unique linguistic features.Grammaticalization and lexicalization represent critical mechanisms in the evolution of langu...Medical English,as a specialized form of English,has attracted considerable attention due to its unique linguistic features.Grammaticalization and lexicalization represent critical mechanisms in the evolution of language and are essential for understanding and mastering medical English.This study,drawing on the MEDLINE corpus,investigates the characteristics of grammaticalization and lexicalization in medical English from the perspective of cognitive linguistics,aiming to unveil its underlying cognitive foundations.The findings suggest that the processes of grammaticalization and lexicalization in medical English reflect cognitive mechanisms such as categorization,inferential processing,and pragmatic strategies.These insights provide novel approaches and methodologies for the teaching of medical English.展开更多
Practicing dialogue-scene simulation in medical English can integrate effectively learning resources, activate the class atmosphere, enrich contents of courses, train language skills and raise students' cooperated...Practicing dialogue-scene simulation in medical English can integrate effectively learning resources, activate the class atmosphere, enrich contents of courses, train language skills and raise students' cooperated consciousness.Furthermore,practicing dialogue-scene simulation can promote reform of teaching estimation-model, teaching quality and efficiency. In a word, practicing dialogue-scene simulation deserves further exploration and promotion.展开更多
To conform to the college English teaching reform from English for General Purposes (EGP) to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the vital transfer era, the Foreign Language Department of Second Military Medical Un...To conform to the college English teaching reform from English for General Purposes (EGP) to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the vital transfer era, the Foreign Language Department of Second Military Medical University (SMMU) launched an English for Medical Academic Purpose (EMAP) curriculum with English Forum on Medical Humanities (EFMH), a project-based teaching practice. Based on Rogers' learner-centered humanistic teaching approach which emphasizes students' involvement and experiences in learning, EFMH puts students and their practice in a central place. After four-year exploration and operation, the Forum has developed from a small-scaled embryo into an internationalized, standardized and professionalized event, having produced fruitful outcomes. It is expected that the success of EFMH will provide inspiring experiences and enlightenments for higher medical education in terms of academic English teaching and teachers' responsibilities to foster high-quality medical students.展开更多
This study presents statistical results of a comparison between English abstracts in a leading intemational medical journal and those in a Chinese one. With a genre analysis and discussion of linguistic features of th...This study presents statistical results of a comparison between English abstracts in a leading intemational medical journal and those in a Chinese one. With a genre analysis and discussion of linguistic features of these abstracts, the paper points out the weak points in the abstracts by Chinese writers and provides some suggestions for writing abstracts of medical research articles展开更多
This paper has addressed key notions about ESP and examined issues in ESP curriculum design. The content of the paper was determined by a need identified based on author＇s professional experience as an EMP instructor...This paper has addressed key notions about ESP and examined issues in ESP curriculum design. The content of the paper was determined by a need identified based on author＇s professional experience as an EMP instructor designing and delivering the content-based language lessons--language preparation for Doctoral Degree Applicants in medicine. The author believes that in English class teachers should adopt a student-centered approach, have some knowledge of the special subjects and choose appropriate materials that fit all medical students. This approach has achieved satisfactory result in helping students know about the latest breakthroughs in biomedical fields, communicate with colleagues of other countries and contribute to foreign medical journals.展开更多
There seems to be a lack of clear, explicit core orientation in many texts for leamers of medical English. This article presents some propositions for such an orientation, and five tools to be used in that context, wh...There seems to be a lack of clear, explicit core orientation in many texts for leamers of medical English. This article presents some propositions for such an orientation, and five tools to be used in that context, which may be useful both in learning medicine and in reducing the risks of diagnostic errors.展开更多
Based on the analysis of the necessity of learning medical terminology, the paper lays special emphasis on the discussion of the terminology-centered teaching practice.
Medical English teaching has attracted more and more attention in the course of medical students' education and training of clinical doctors in China. Medical English terminology plays a very important role in the...Medical English teaching has attracted more and more attention in the course of medical students' education and training of clinical doctors in China. Medical English terminology plays a very important role in the teaching and learning of medical English. The purpose of this article is to analyze the characteristics of medical English terminology so that learners can have a better understanding and grasp of medical English words.展开更多
This article aims to introduce the design concept and implementation methods of the flipped class of medical English reading based on We Chat platform in order to explore problems and solutions existing in the teachin...This article aims to introduce the design concept and implementation methods of the flipped class of medical English reading based on We Chat platform in order to explore problems and solutions existing in the teaching. Based on typical characteristics of the flipped class, college students' addiction for smartphones and the appropriateness and convenience of We Chat, it is implemented with the help of We Chat. It can be divided into three steps to implement: pre-class, in-class and post-class. However, to a certain extent, this kind of teaching mode is limited by students' self-consciousness, enthusiasm, language foundation,self-learning ability and teachers' guidance. Focusing on the above problems, the author gives the relevant solutions.展开更多
In the past decades,a number of researchers have tried hard to identify the move-step structure of different sections in research articles(RAs)from various disciplines.However,there is a very few amount of previous st...In the past decades,a number of researchers have tried hard to identify the move-step structure of different sections in research articles(RAs)from various disciplines.However,there is a very few amount of previous studies conducted on the move-step structure of the Introduction section of English medical science research articles(MSRAs)written by Chinese researchers published in international journals.In order to fill this gap,the present study aims to identify the moves,steps,and their structure of the Introduction section of English MSRAs written by Chinese researchers at Zunyi Medical University(ZMU)published in international journals.To create the target corpus of the present study,30 Introductions were purposively selected from 25 international medical science journals,which were published from 2007 to 2015.It is worth noting that all the authors are restricted to Chinese researchers only and at least one author must come from ZMU.The framework of Kanoksilapatham’s(2005)was adopted for the move-step analysis in the present study.The results demonstrated that these Introduction sections were generally written with three moves following the selected framework.In addition,there were two new steps that occurred in the Introduction section of these English MSRAs.In conclusion,the findings of the present study might provide a guideline for the research who plan to write English MSRAs for international articles more effectively.Moreover,the findings may provide valuable information for academic writing textbook designers as well.展开更多
In order to cultivate the top-notch innovative talents with the intemational perspectives, on the basis of the principles of objective, utility, humanities and practice, medical institutions should update the concept ...In order to cultivate the top-notch innovative talents with the intemational perspectives, on the basis of the principles of objective, utility, humanities and practice, medical institutions should update the concept of talent cultivation led by employment, innovate teaching mode by deepening teaching reform, optimize the teaching staff by strengthening cooperation between college and enterprise, widen the practical teaching by participating interaction with pharmaceutical industries, and improve the teaching supervision system by implementing quality requirements to construct quality security system in the cultivation of top-notch innovative medical talents.展开更多
It intends to picture the challenges in teaching English for Traditional Chinese Medical Purposes(ETCMP) in medical schools and stresses the necessity of cultivating qualified ETCMP teachers with the booming of Tradit...It intends to picture the challenges in teaching English for Traditional Chinese Medical Purposes(ETCMP) in medical schools and stresses the necessity of cultivating qualified ETCMP teachers with the booming of Traditional Chinese medicine in and outside of China. A number of measures are suggested to be taken for ETCMP teachers' development so as to meet the increasing needs of ETCMP education in the future.展开更多
基金Project of Social Science Achievement Evaluation Committee of Hunan Province of China(XSP2023WXC037)Project of Teaching Reform Research of Hunan Province of China(202401001822)。
文摘Medical English,as a specialized form of English,has attracted considerable attention due to its unique linguistic features.Grammaticalization and lexicalization represent critical mechanisms in the evolution of language and are essential for understanding and mastering medical English.This study,drawing on the MEDLINE corpus,investigates the characteristics of grammaticalization and lexicalization in medical English from the perspective of cognitive linguistics,aiming to unveil its underlying cognitive foundations.The findings suggest that the processes of grammaticalization and lexicalization in medical English reflect cognitive mechanisms such as categorization,inferential processing,and pragmatic strategies.These insights provide novel approaches and methodologies for the teaching of medical English.
文摘Practicing dialogue-scene simulation in medical English can integrate effectively learning resources, activate the class atmosphere, enrich contents of courses, train language skills and raise students' cooperated consciousness.Furthermore,practicing dialogue-scene simulation can promote reform of teaching estimation-model, teaching quality and efficiency. In a word, practicing dialogue-scene simulation deserves further exploration and promotion.
文摘To conform to the college English teaching reform from English for General Purposes (EGP) to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the vital transfer era, the Foreign Language Department of Second Military Medical University (SMMU) launched an English for Medical Academic Purpose (EMAP) curriculum with English Forum on Medical Humanities (EFMH), a project-based teaching practice. Based on Rogers' learner-centered humanistic teaching approach which emphasizes students' involvement and experiences in learning, EFMH puts students and their practice in a central place. After four-year exploration and operation, the Forum has developed from a small-scaled embryo into an internationalized, standardized and professionalized event, having produced fruitful outcomes. It is expected that the success of EFMH will provide inspiring experiences and enlightenments for higher medical education in terms of academic English teaching and teachers' responsibilities to foster high-quality medical students.
基金Supported by the Scientific Research Project(Humanities and Social Sciences)in 2012 Granted by the Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government(12JK0268)
文摘This study presents statistical results of a comparison between English abstracts in a leading intemational medical journal and those in a Chinese one. With a genre analysis and discussion of linguistic features of these abstracts, the paper points out the weak points in the abstracts by Chinese writers and provides some suggestions for writing abstracts of medical research articles
文摘This paper has addressed key notions about ESP and examined issues in ESP curriculum design. The content of the paper was determined by a need identified based on author＇s professional experience as an EMP instructor designing and delivering the content-based language lessons--language preparation for Doctoral Degree Applicants in medicine. The author believes that in English class teachers should adopt a student-centered approach, have some knowledge of the special subjects and choose appropriate materials that fit all medical students. This approach has achieved satisfactory result in helping students know about the latest breakthroughs in biomedical fields, communicate with colleagues of other countries and contribute to foreign medical journals.
文摘There seems to be a lack of clear, explicit core orientation in many texts for leamers of medical English. This article presents some propositions for such an orientation, and five tools to be used in that context, which may be useful both in learning medicine and in reducing the risks of diagnostic errors.
文摘Based on the analysis of the necessity of learning medical terminology, the paper lays special emphasis on the discussion of the terminology-centered teaching practice.
文摘Medical English teaching has attracted more and more attention in the course of medical students' education and training of clinical doctors in China. Medical English terminology plays a very important role in the teaching and learning of medical English. The purpose of this article is to analyze the characteristics of medical English terminology so that learners can have a better understanding and grasp of medical English words.
文摘This article aims to introduce the design concept and implementation methods of the flipped class of medical English reading based on We Chat platform in order to explore problems and solutions existing in the teaching. Based on typical characteristics of the flipped class, college students' addiction for smartphones and the appropriateness and convenience of We Chat, it is implemented with the help of We Chat. It can be divided into three steps to implement: pre-class, in-class and post-class. However, to a certain extent, this kind of teaching mode is limited by students' self-consciousness, enthusiasm, language foundation,self-learning ability and teachers' guidance. Focusing on the above problems, the author gives the relevant solutions.
文摘In the past decades,a number of researchers have tried hard to identify the move-step structure of different sections in research articles(RAs)from various disciplines.However,there is a very few amount of previous studies conducted on the move-step structure of the Introduction section of English medical science research articles(MSRAs)written by Chinese researchers published in international journals.In order to fill this gap,the present study aims to identify the moves,steps,and their structure of the Introduction section of English MSRAs written by Chinese researchers at Zunyi Medical University(ZMU)published in international journals.To create the target corpus of the present study,30 Introductions were purposively selected from 25 international medical science journals,which were published from 2007 to 2015.It is worth noting that all the authors are restricted to Chinese researchers only and at least one author must come from ZMU.The framework of Kanoksilapatham’s(2005)was adopted for the move-step analysis in the present study.The results demonstrated that these Introduction sections were generally written with three moves following the selected framework.In addition,there were two new steps that occurred in the Introduction section of these English MSRAs.In conclusion,the findings of the present study might provide a guideline for the research who plan to write English MSRAs for international articles more effectively.Moreover,the findings may provide valuable information for academic writing textbook designers as well.
文摘In order to cultivate the top-notch innovative talents with the intemational perspectives, on the basis of the principles of objective, utility, humanities and practice, medical institutions should update the concept of talent cultivation led by employment, innovate teaching mode by deepening teaching reform, optimize the teaching staff by strengthening cooperation between college and enterprise, widen the practical teaching by participating interaction with pharmaceutical industries, and improve the teaching supervision system by implementing quality requirements to construct quality security system in the cultivation of top-notch innovative medical talents.
文摘It intends to picture the challenges in teaching English for Traditional Chinese Medical Purposes(ETCMP) in medical schools and stresses the necessity of cultivating qualified ETCMP teachers with the booming of Traditional Chinese medicine in and outside of China. A number of measures are suggested to be taken for ETCMP teachers' development so as to meet the increasing needs of ETCMP education in the future.
