1. IN THE WORLD OF
BIOLOGY AND
MEDICINE
The elective course syllabus for
the students of 10 -11 grades.

2. DESCRIPTION
 The elective course is designed for the senior high school
students, who learn English in the naturalistic field.
 The course was specifically developed to integrate the students’
knowledge and practice of English, Biology and Medicine.
 The syllabus is designed for Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate
English learners.

3. AIM
 To provide students with a professionally-orientated English
language training on the basis of the authentic popular-science
texts, naturalistic video and audio materials.

4. OBJECTIVES
 To train students to take an active part in cross-cultural
communication, using oral and written language skills.
 To form a perceived attitude towards choosing a job for life.
 To show the importance of using the English language in the
framework of Biology and Medicine.
 To nurture students’ erudition and knowledge.
 To foster students’ naturalistic outlook and cognitive interests.

5. PLANNED OUTCOMES.
PERSONAL.
Students will form:
 A perceived attitude towards choosing a profession.
 Naturalistic outlook
 Cognitive interests

6. SUBJECTIVE.
Students will learn:
 To recognize the lexical units, learned from the course, and use
them in their speech following lexical rules.
 To use the active vocabulary in accordance with a communicative
task.
 To participate in communication on the basis of profile-oriented
topics.
 To express and defend their points of view on the highlighted
course problematic questions.
 To do listening comprehension for general, detailed and
requested information.
 To do reading on the topics, looking for general, detailed and
requested information.

7. META-SUBJECTIVE.
Students will master:
 Various skills of processing information from the texts, i.e.
annotating, referencing, mind-mapping).
 An ability to communicate efficiently and effectively, while working
in teams.
 Research and project skills.

8. THE STRUCTURE OF THE
COURSE
The course includes 41 hours* for 9 parts:
1. Introduction to the course – 1 hour.
2. Biology – 3 hours.
3. Aesthophysiology – 6 hours.
4. Medicine - 6 hours.
5. Microbiology – 6 hours.
6. Genetic Engineering – 5 hours.
7. Blood and its functions in a human body – 4 hours.
8. Biology and Medicine discoveries – 3 hours.
9. Final class – 3 hours.
* Plus 2 hours for make-up classes.

9. TYPES OF STUDENTS’
INTERACTION
 Solo work
 Pair work
 Group work

10. CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES
 Brainstorming.
 Reading authentic scientific texts for general, detailed and
requested information.
 Discussion of the texts.
 Debates on the problem.
 Collecting and reviewing information.
 Panel discussion.
 Watching scientific videos.
 Project making.
 Glossary making.

11. TYPES OF CONTROL
Current: Final:
 Vocabulary dictation.  Final test
 Definition test.  The defense of the project.
 Reading test.
 Translation.
 Mind maps.
 Annotation.
 Summaries.
 Oral presentation.
 Mini – essay.

12. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION