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Friday, 21 January 2011

Subject Resources:Subject Outlines

Dear Guys and Gals, I am being asked questions about what is worth what in the final marks. Just to remind you I am posting the Subject Outlines you should have all received at the beginning of the semester [I, at least, remember handing them out in week 1 to the guys...]

If you look, you will see that the final exam for the Medical English subject is worth 40 % of the final mark and the final exam for the Communication Skills [Grammar] class is worth 60 %.

As usual, be good and happy!

Links:
Subject Outline: Medical English
Subject Outline: Communication Skills

Exam Update:Questions & Answers: Final Grammar Exam

Sorry for the delay in posting these. I have been in Jeddah pretending I am a human being [ie. someone who has weekends...].

Please find below a link to a copy of the exam paper with the answers on it. Please note that the exam has been marked by Faten and Muhib as generously as possible tso that there may be answers that have been marked correct that on are noted on the document supplied.

p.s. good luck in the Biology exam tomorrow.

Link:
Final Exam: Questions & Answers

Monday, 17 January 2011

Online Resources:Order of Adjectives

One of the questions tomorrow will relate to the order of adjectives. Find below a link to a very useful website on this Grammar point which also contains a set of exercises which will help you prepare for tomorrow's exam.

Links:
Order of Adjectives

Powerpoints: GrammarReview Units: 1-5

I have had some requests for copies of the Powerpoints of the Review Units from the Powerbase Course Book. While I don't thing they will necessarily help you in the exam, here they are. If you do have a look at them today, just concentrate on the Grammar Extra sections.

Links:
Review 1
Review 2
Review 3
Review 4
Review 5

Exam Extra:One for the Girls: Sample Grammar Questions

Girls, girls, girls, this post is for you.

It has just occurred to me, after an email from one of you, that you do not yet have an idea of what the questions will look like tomorrow. The guys did a make up exam a couple of weeks ago that was written using the same format as the exam tomorrow.

So, find below a link to the boys make up exam. I have included the answers as. If you look closely, you will see how each of the questions resembles the activities in the Study Book. If you find it useful, tell your friends.

Link:
The Guy's Mid-Term Make-Up Grammar Exam

Exam Update:Tomorrow's Exam

With respect to tomorrow's exam, as I have said before, all you really need to do is look at the the Grammar sections of Units 1-9 of the Study Book.

If you are clever should should be able to work out which questions I have modeled the questions in the exam on. I am providing a link to the pdf I have posted before with all the Study Book Powerpoints on it.

And remember .... DON'T PANIC!!

Link:
Study Book: Grammar Section Powerpoints [pdf]

Sunday, 16 January 2011

Exam Update:Medical English: Questions & Answers

Guys & Gals, hope you are well and have recovered from the experience of doing the exam.

As is my custom, I am posting a copy of the exam with the answers.

Keep an eye on the blog for further updates.

Links:
Medical English: Questions & Answers

Saturday, 15 January 2011

Exam Update:Sample Powerbase Listening Files

I have been asked to put up some samples of the listening files from Powerbase and here are five of them. They will give you some idea of what to expect in the Powerbase based listening questions tomorrow.

Remember, I have chosen the easiest listening file I could find for tomorrow's exam and the questions are easy, so, again:

DON'T PANIC!!

Links:
Sample Audio Unit 1
Sample Audio Unit 2
Sample Audio Unit 3
Sample Audio Unit 4
Sample Audio Unit 5

Exam Update:Final Information About the Exam

Guys and Gals,

I am not sure why there is such confusion and why so many of you are panicking.

To ease you minds, let me tell you this:

There are two exams:

1. English for Medicine [aka. Medical English]

2. Grammar for Communication [aka. Grammar for Communication] -

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1. The 'English for Medicine' Exam is tomorrow and consists of 60 questions.

There will be 10 listening questions included in this 60.

- 5 of the listening questions will be on the Gallbladder and will be similar to those you do every week in the large lecture.

- the other 5 listening questions will be on another topic. The listening comes from the Powerbase book and will not be difficult - believe me.

Of the 50 other questions:

- the first lot of 25 [5 X 5 lots of questions] will be in the same format as the questions you do every week in class in the English in Medicine textbook and exactly the same format as the mid-term exam.

- the second lot of 25 [again 5 X 5 lots of questions] will be similar to the types of questions you can find in the Powerbase Study and Course books.

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2. The Communication Skills is on Tuesday and consists of 40 questions.

It is broken up into 10 sections with 4 questions each relating to the 10 topics covered in the Grammar section of Units 1 -9 on the Powerbase book. That is they will relate to:

- Questions & Answers;
- the Present Simple/Present Continuous;
- 'will' and 'won't';
- the Past Simple;
- Modals;
- Order of Adjectives;
- the Present Perfect;
- the Present Perfect/Past Simple;
- Time Clause; and,
- First Conditionals.

As I have said on countless occasions: work through the Grammar exercises in the Study Book and you will have no problems in the Grammar exam on Tuesday.

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If you have any other questions post them here.

Friday, 14 January 2011

Exam Update:Gallbladder: Key Words

As you hopefully all know by know, the topic of the Reading and one of the Listenings in the exam is the Gall Bladder.

As I did last semester, I am providing a list of some of the words you might want to make sure you know. Remember however you need to base your answers on what you read and hear. This is an English exam, not an exam trying to test your knowledge of the Gall Bladder!!!

Key words:

approximately, bile, cholecystectomy, complication, concentrate (to), crystallize (to), crystals, diarrhea, digestive, duct, emulsify (to), gallbladder, hepatic, jaundice, nausea, neutralize (to), pear, secrete (to), spontaneously

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Powerpoint: Study BookPdf of the Powerpoint for Complete Book

I've had a request for the answers for the study book. What I have decided to give you instead is a link to a pdf of all the Powerpoints I have posted during the last week. I think you will find this a bit more useful as the answers appear in the form they will appear in the exam.

Link:
Study Book: Powerpoint Units 1-10 [pdf]