Developing an English Education Department Curriculum

A proposed core curriculum for dental English education in Japan

BACKGROUND Globalization of the professions has become a necessity among schools and universities across the world. It has affected the medical and dental professions in terms of curriculum design and student and patient needs. In Japan, where medicine and dentistry are taught mainly in the Japanese language, profession-based courses in English, known as Medical English and Dental English, have...

Developing an English for specific purpose curriculum for Asian call centres: How theory can inform practice

The primary focus of this article is the investigation of how current applied linguistic research into the nature of call centre communication breakdown in business processing outsourcing (BPO) sites such as India and the Philippines, can impact English communications training program content and design for this industry. It is argued that a researchbased approach to English for specific purpos...

English Language and Literature Program Department of English Education Program Faculty of Language and Arts Education Indonesia University of Education

Course Description As the name suggests this subject introduces students to the basic concepts of English grammar. It begins with the issues in the basic sentence constructions, followed by the discussions on elements of sentences. Lectures and discussions will continue to review the topics on word-classes (nouns and verbs), noun expansions (heads, dependents, and adjectives), linking words (pr...

Developing a group practice comprehensive care education curriculum.

In fall 2002 the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry implemented a Group Practice Comprehensive Care Clinical Education Curriculum. The primary responsibility for patient care has shifted in this comprehensive care curriculum from the students to the faculty and staff. Students have a primary responsibility for learning. This competency-based education curriculum utilizes a v...

Positioning Secondary School Education in Developing Countries: Expansion and Curriculum