ESL 120 - Success in Health Care Careers for NNS (non-Native Speakers)

3 Credit(s)

For non-native speakers entering health care programs in American colleges. Includes communicating in health care facilities, reading health care textbooks, medical records, and professional literature, learning in labs and clinicals, medical terminology, and culture in American health care.

Prereqs: ESL 105 or department permission and ESL 106 with a grade of C or better
Co-reqs: ESL 115
Course Type: Lecture
Tuition Tier: Base
Delivery Method:
Online
Course Learning Outcomes:
CLO 1) Students will be able to able to use medical terminology and general health care vocabulary accurately in scenarios and role-play activities, achieving 80% accuracy as assessed through a performance rubric.
CLO 2) Students will derive meaning from prefixes, root words, and suffixes with 80% accuracy, as measured by a vocabulary assessment.
CLO 3) Students will be able to effectively pronounce at least 50% of the medical terminology and health care vocabulary encountered, as assessed through oral pronunciation evaluations.
CLO 4) Students will be able to recognize at least 70% of the health vocabulary encountered, as measured by a vocabulary recognition test.
CLO 5) Students will be able to apply critical thinking skills to scenarios and role-play activities related to health care careers, demonstrating 80% accuracy in decision-making and problem-solving, as assessed through a performance rubric.