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French Coordinator, Institution-Wide Language Programme Language Centre, University of Cambridge

Review of Languages for Medics courses at University of Cambridge, including group and individual options, variety of levels, and student responses. Challenges for teachers and students addressed through private study and assessments.

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French Coordinator, Institution-Wide Language Programme Language Centre, University of Cambridge

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  1. French Coordinator, Institution-Wide Language Programme Language Centre, University of Cambridge

  2. LENT 2015 an overview • Languages for Medics (SSC) • Courses for groups of students (20 hours f2f + 20 hours private study) • Courses for individual students (10 hours f2f + 30 private study) • 5 week course • Variety of levels (ab initio to B2/C1) • http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/culp-specialist-courses.html

  3. Take-up • Excellent response: • 28 students (25% of cohort) • 10 languages (including Cantonese, Polish and Hebrew) • Groups for Arabic, French and Spanish (15 students, 6 taking French) • Individual courses (13 students, 4 taking French)

  4. CHALLENGES for teachers

  5. CHALLENGES for students

  6. So what did we do?

  7. Private study and assessments • Homework • Weeks 1-4, student submit a 150-400 word essay - 3 best essays count towards final mark (10% each). • End of course presentation. Topic relevant to course content and student's medical study interest. Up to 10 minutes followed by a 5 minute Q&A session with teacher. (70% of final mark).    

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