ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE ENFERMAGEM DE SÃO JOSÉ DE CLUNY
IV CURSO DE INGLÊS TÉCNICO – ÁREA DA SAÚDE
Finalidade do Curso: Aumentar o conhecimento e o domínio da língua inglesa na Enfermagem / área
da saúde (to improve your knowledge of the English language in the nursing / health areas).
PROGRAMA DO CURSO DE INGLÊS TÉCNICO – ÁREA DA ENFERMAGEM /
SYLLABUS OF THE ENGLISH TECNICAL COURSE IN THE NURSING AREA
This course was designed for students with previous knowledge of the English language
(intermediate level or level B1 of the ‘Quadro Europeu Comum de Referência para as Línguas’). Other
required common reference levels are A2 and B2.
Aims and Competences to be acquired: This course aimed at the mastering and improvement of the
knowledge of the English language in the nursing / health areas so as to develop the linguistic and
pragmatic competences. At the end of the course each student will be able to:
understand oral and written language by improving listening and reading skills when engaged in
communicative exchanges in different contexts of the nursing area;
 produce some oral and written English sentences using different grammatical / lexical structures
applied to different nursing contexts, at the hospital, clinic,… or in scientific papers and by
roleplaying possible dialogues and by taking notes from oral and written discourse in the nursing
area;
 increase and make use of the knowledge of different grammatical and lexical structures and
expressions within the scope of the nursing/health.
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Syllabus or Course Contents
Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking Skills for Academic Purposes
Basic types of texts and language required for professional or academic purposes: E-mail writing; CV,
application and recommendation letters; and technical vocabulary for real-life situations in order to allow
participants to manage to deal with real life situations.
Language skills for Nursing
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Reading: The nursing profession; Nursing equipment; The elderly and care homes; health and
eating habits; medical symptoms.
 Speaking/Listening: On the ward (different wards); Admitting a patient / Hospital admissions;
Accidents and emergencies; Emergency helpline; The human body; Pain, aches and symptoms; Pain
relief; Filling a pain chart; Asking questions on a helpline; Transfer to a care home; Calculating ‘BMI’;
Blood and Test results;; Making difficult decisions; Hygiene inspection; Vital signs; Anaesthetic
procedure; Patient Medication; Monitoring the Patient; Instructions; Assessing a patient; Coma
patient; Patient medication; Talking about a patient’s personality and handling demanding patients.
 Writing: The Hospital Team; in/around the Hospital: nursing equipment and devices in different
wards; Accidents and emergencies; Types of patients; Profile of a student nurse; Giving instructions;
Monitoring the patient; Patient record form; Patient summary and Information poster / charts;
Pain, ache and Symptom report; Describing a procedure; Notices and memos; Job applications; Job
interview, CV, application and recommendation letters.
Methodology
Due to the practical nature of the course, the methodology adopted will focus on the
acquisition and development of the four skills (speaking, listening, writing and reading) as well as
on vocabulary and grammar. Classes will be structured based on the selected topics which are a
part of the syllabus. Active teaching methods will prevail so as to promote the acquisition of
linguistic competences. Students will be asked to write brief texts and dialogues during the sessions
or as homework assignments.
Assessment and Diagnostic or placement tests
Although according to the ‘Regulamento Interno da Escola Superior de Enfermagem São
José de Cluny’ students may be subject to two types of assessment (continuous assessment in the
form of work assignments and exams), students may take a placement or a diagnostic test if they
feel it is necessary.
Sources:
AAVV, Modern English Teacher, Abril de 2004, Nº 2, volume 13
AAVV, International Classification for Nursing Practice, 1.0 / 2.0, International Council of Nurses,
Switzerland, Geneve, 2005 / 2010
ALEXANDER, L.G., Longman English Grammar Practice for Intermediate students, Hong Kong, Longman,
1990
Burns, Nancy, Grove, Susan K., The Practice of Nursing Research: Conduct, Critique and Utilization, 4th
edition, New York, W. B., Saunders Company 2001
COWTHER, Jonathan (ed), Oxford Guide to British and American Culture, Oxford, Oxford University Press,
2001
DAVIES, Helen, Holmes, Françoise, Dicionário de Inglês para Principiantes, Verbo, 1998 (Usborne
publishing)
FERNANDES, Mª do Amparo, e Domingues, Mª Emília, Saber Inglês, Porto, Edições ASA, 2001
GAIRNS, R., Redman, S., True to Life – English for Adult Learners, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
(class book and work book), 1987
---------------, True to Life - Pre-intermediate- Personal Study Book and Class Book, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 1998
GOWER, Roger, Grammar in Practice 1 to 6 – Self-study Grammar Exercises, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 2006
GOWER, Roger, Vocabulary in Practice 1 to 6 – Self-study Vocabulary Exercises, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 2006
McCARTHY, Michael, and O’Dell, Felicity, English Vocabulary in Use
(upper-intermediate and advanced), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999
MURPHY, Raymond, English Grammar in Use, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1987
Papalia, Diane E., Olds, Sally W., Feldman, D. Ruth, Human Development, 10th edition, New York, McGrawHill International Ed., 2007
REDMAN, Stuart, English Vocabulary in Use (pre-intermediate and intermediate), Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 1997
SWAN, Michael, and Walter, Catherine, The New Cambridge English Course, 3- Intermediate, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 1995
The New Cambridge English Course, 1- Intermediate, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995
Heinemann Games Series, 1995
English Vocabulary in Use (Intermediate), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002
Tierney, Alison J., Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 67, no.2, February 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
VINCE, Michael, First certificate Language Practice – English Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises, Oxford,
Macmillian, 2003
WELLMAN, Guy, The Heinemann English Wordbuilder, Bath, Heinemann International, 1992
Professora: Gilda Figueira
Coordenadora do Curso: Eugénia Pestana
Número de Vagas: 20 (O curso funcionará com um mínimo de 17 alunos).
Calendário/Horário:
2014
Março
Abril
Maio
Junho
Julho
07*; 21
04; 11
02; 09; 16; 23; 30
06;13; 20; 27
04***
22
05; 12; 26
03; 10; 17; 24; 31
07;14; 21; 28**
Sexta-feira
18:30-20:00
Sábado
09:30-11:00
11:30-13:00
*teste de diagnóstico / Placement test
**avaliação escrita (90 min)
***entrega da avaliação
Inscrição no Curso: € 10
Propinas:
- Estudantes da ESESJC: € 150 (ou 3 mensalidades* de € 50);
- Antigos Estudantes da ESESJC: € 165 (ou 3 mensalidades* de € 55);
- Outros: € 180 (ou 3 mensalidades* de € 60).
*Pagamentos das mensalidades: deverão ser efetuados até dia 08 dos meses de abril, maio e junho
Seguro
Horário da Secretaria (D. Adília): das 08:00 às 12:00 e das 13:00 às 16:00.
Nota: As inscrições terminam quando forem preenchidas as vagas.