IPFORMED. MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH.

L2

ESP PROFESSOR PAPA DIOP. 2021

Dear learners,

My intention in providing this document is to humbly

contribute to your use of English which is mandatory
to whoever aims at communicating in the world of
scientific research and medicine
Applying Dewey’s teaching when he advocates his
“learning by doing” motto, I am inviting each and every
one to definitely know that they are at the kernel of the
learning processes.
The approach here is totally communicative in the
sense that learners are put in different contexts of
communication and after prompts have been given,
they are invited to practice their English in different
kinds of exercises.
Reading, writing, listening and speaking are the focal
skills here and involvement of every one is absolutely
welcomed.
From ESL to Medical English , the eclectic learning
material (texts, videos etc..) is distributed in 4
sequences within which there are challenging
exercises for you to enjoy.
With the promise to take into account your
suggestions after using this document I should thank
you all and sundry for your kind attention and our
shared love for English.
Papa DIOP. ESP Professor

DAY 1

ORAL ….INTRODUCE YOUR SELF

WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN MEDICINE?

IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH?

DIFFICULTIES?

ENGLISH AND MEDICAL STUDIES

READING
Medicine has two basic meanings, it refers to 1. The Science of Healing; the practice of the
diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, and the promotion of health. 2. Medications,
drugs, substances used to treat and cure diseases, and to promote health. This collection of
articles focuses on the science of healing, its history from prehistoric times until today, and the
medications and healing methods used.

Some people might call medicine a regulated patient-focused health profession which is devoted
to the health and well-being of patients.

Whichever way medicine is described, the thrust of the meaning is the same - diagnosis,
treatment and prevention of disease, caring for patients and a dedication to their health and well-
being.

WHAT IS THIS TEXT ABOUT?

 EXPLAIN…..Healing…..Diagnosis….Focus….patient-focused health profession; dedication

GRAMMAR ROUND UP :

TENSES AND FORMS REVIEW….READ A B AND C AND SAY THE TENSE AND FORM USED

LAST QUESTION….GIVE THE VOICE OF A B C

Read the sentences below. Answer the questions.

A/ This evening you are invited to join the main room for a debriefing by the swimming pool.

B/ The Expert usually makes a short welcome speech.

C/ Unfortunately, one of the main speakers has cancelled her talk.

D/ A couple of the session have been cancelled or rescheduled.

E/ The update programme is being printed at the moment.

F/ My colleague Anna is working on it.

G/ Will we be shown round the medical school? TENSE/VOICE/FORM/TRANSLATE

H/ The Vice President will come to the pre-dinner drinks party as well.

I/ My drug wasn’t delivered to my room this morning.

J/ Did you request it from the waiter last night?

1- Match the sentence with the correct tense: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present
Perfect Simple, Past Simple, Will Future.
2- Which sentences are passive and which are active?
3- When do we use the passive voice?
FOCUS ON THE BENEFICIARY OF THE ACTION

4- How do we form questions and negatives in the passive.

QUESTIONS…..BE ( TENSE)+SUBJECT+PAST PARTICIPLE
NEGATIVE……SUBJECT+ BE+NOT+ PP

PRACTICE
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets. Decide whether the verb
needs to be active or passive.

1 The manager and staff………….. (hope) you have a pleasant stay.

2 Reminder: patients............................... (ask) to place all valuables in safety deposit box.

3 A complimentary bus service.......................... (take) guests to the city centre every day.

4 Currently the main meeting room …………………. (redecorate).

5 We …………. (Install) another six computer terminals this week.

6 This way, madam. Breakfast................ (serve) in the terrace.

7 Recently the meeting rooms ………… (fit) with multimedia presentation equipment.

8 We apologize, but because of the bad weather we ………… (cancel ) the excursion to the mountains.

9 Your room …………… ( not clean ) yet

10 There was a lot of building work going on. Every morning we ……. ( wake up ) by the noise

11 The Hospital…………… ( build ) in the year 2000

12 The clinic …………….. ( open ) a re education centre in 2000

13 When I get back next week, I ………….. ( ask) to write a report for the Minister of Health .

14 You............ ( give ) a complete invoice tomorrow when you check out.

15 I’m sorry about that: in future the cleaning staff ……………. (disturb) you in the morning

2 Complete questions . Use the correct form of the verb in the passive.

1 Where/ hospital/ (locate)? .................................behind the main business school.

2 What / open / next year ? ..................................a new medical board.

3 What / patient / (request ) / to pay? ………………………cheap entrance tickets.

4 How / bedrooms / ( furnish ) ? ………………… in a simple way.

5 What / entertainment / ( Arrange )? ................................ a relaxing programme at the end of the

seminar.

A….ARE YOU ACCURATE ENOUGH?

1 Verb tenses
Complete the text. Use the correct present, past, or perfect form of the verb
in brackets.
Suzanne_______________1 (not do) well at school but, since then,
she_______________2 (built up) successfully famous medical schools. In the
last twenty year, she______________3 (start) three new private language and
medical schools . She ________________4 (sell) the first two schools last year.
Now the third one ________________5 (grow) very fast. Susie is a wealthy
woman and_________________6 (not need) to work hard now, but she
still________________7(love) making things happen. She said recently, “Right
now I______________8 ( grow up), and I_____________10 (want) to spend
more time with my children while they are young.”

TODAY’S CLASS

HI
Welcome in your Distant English Lecture titled English for SCIENCE AND
MEDICAL STUDIES . I am Pr Papa Diop ESP Lecturer. Make sure you
have a good connection. This class is going to be interactive eg you may ask
your questions after my presentation. After the warm up I will propose you a
text which is going to be divided into many parts to be worked on one by one.
We ll try to adopt this plan.
A- Vocab Elucidation : underline the most salient words- try to explain
them in English using your own words- find their equivalents in French.
_ Use them in various contexts.
B- Summarize each chosen paragraph in French insisting on the key
ideas- Then translate the summary into English
C- Stress one important point and discuss it writing one paragraph about
it.
D- Discuss and recall some grammar points you have come across./ OR
NOT
E- Take turn ( Sentence after sentence ) and translate the paragraph and
each activity be open to the suggestion and criticism of the rest of the
group class.
 APPLY TO PAR 1/2/3

A_ READING COMPREHENSION
TEXT1

PASSIVE SMOKERS MAY DEVELOP EYE DISEASE

1. Passive smoking doubles the risk of developing a disease that can leave
sufferers partially blind , according to new research. In turn , for a
smoker, the risk of developing the disease is three times as great as that
of a non-smoker.
2. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of
partial blindness in characterised by degeneration and loss of
photoreceptor cell in the retina at the back of the eye, particularly in the
central, densely-packed section that detects detail in a scene .The result
of the disease is a blind spot in the centre of the visual field.

A._Vocab Elucidation : underline the most salient words- try to explain

them in English using your own words- find their equivalents in French. _
Use them in various contexts.
B. Summarize each chosen paragraph in French insisting on the
key ideas- Then translate the summary into English

3. John Sayer, a medical geneticist from Cambridge University, was studying

the genetic factors behind AMD when his team found the link with
smoking.
4. Looking at a group of 435 people suffering from AMD and 280 people
who leaved with them, Pr. Sayer’s team found that the more people
smoked, the greater their chances of developing the eye disease.
5. Smocking a packet of 20 cigarettes a day for more than 40 years tripled
the risk of developing AMD compared with no-smokers . Passive
smokers, defined as those who had lived with someone who smoked for
 five years or more, were found to double their risk .The team did not find
any difference between men and women.
6. The researchers said that the mechanisms at work behind the increase in
risk are related to oxidative damage of the cells at the back of eye. This
build-up leads to damage to the membranes in the eyes, allowing the
growth of new blood vessels. Additional damage may also be caused by
the direct effect of the nicotine in tobacco.
7. GRAMMAR …REVIEW ….ASKING QUESTIONS …..SOME EXAMPLES

8.

B_ GRAMMAR

Question Words - Exercise 2

Fill in the correct question word.

1. ……………………. are the medicines? They're one pound.
2. …………………… can I do for you? I want to see Dr Diop.
3. …………………..can I get an X ray? You can get it round the corner.
4. …………………………. is your best nurse? It's Paul.
5. ………………………… does your dentist live? He lives in Boston.
6. ……………………..colour is your urine? It's a bit yellowish.
7. …………………….. do you collect? I collect used pharmaceutics.
8. ………………can help me? I can.
9. ……………….. about some more tea? No, thanks.
10. …………….. was your first word as a baby? I don't know.
11. …………………….were you born? On May 21st.
12. …………………………… were you born? I was born in Manchester.
13. …………………………………. were you doing last Sunday? I was in
placement at Le Dantec Hospital
14. ………………………………… can we have a picnic? I know a nice
place near a pond.
 15. ………………………….. are you going to take with you? I'm taking.
My sandals and a pair of geans

EXERCISES
1. Complete the following sentences, using the verbs in brackets.
1. When she got at the hospital, she discovered she ______ her white coat
at home . ( leave )
2. Since I ______to you last , I’ve had an accident. Nothing serious!
(Write)
3. At the moment, the senior surgeon______ the junior surgeons.(Train)
4. How many cases of meningitis _______ they _______ so far ?
(Identify)
5. He _______ his band while he _______ football. (Break/ play)
6. By the time the ambulance arrived, he _______ a lot of blood.
(already/lose)
2. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the definition list above
1. There is substantial ______ of a link between the build-up of ozone
and asthma attacks.
2. In France, the ________ woman lives to her mid 80s .
3. Chemotherapy is often associated with severe hair______.
4. ______ are trying to ______ a reliable test for prostate cancer.
3. Translate the following sentences.
1. Mon père fume 10 cigarettes par jour
2. En ce moment, il souffre de cécité partielle ; les spécialistes pensent
qu’il va devenir aveugle.
3. Selon les résultats des recherches les plus récentes, de plus en plus de
jeunes ont une dépendance à la nicotine.
4. Le tabagisme provoque des dégâts considérables aux vaisseaux
sanguins.
5. Mon ami a arrêté de boire il y ans 3 an.
6. Cela fait 5ans que mon taux de cholestérol est élevé.
C- SPEAKER’S CORNER
Smoking ban in public places : for or against ?

D- Do your own research

www.worldheart.org
www.nlm.nlh.gov/medineeplus/smoking.html
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/basic info/risk factors.htm

2 Questions
Complete the questions. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1 A- Who______________(know) the answer ?
B Our expert probably does.
2 A- Who_______________ (he, want) to talk to ?
B He’s waiting to see Pr Sow.
3 A ___________________(you, have) lunch with our guest ?
B- yes, tomorrow at 1 p.m.
4 A____________________(you, go) to Rome last year ?
B No. I didn’t.
5 A___________________(you, speak) to Dr Diallo ?
B No, not yet
6 A What___________________(cause) the problem ?

ASKING QUESTIONS….( end)…

7 A- Who_______________(she, work with) ?
B She worked with, DR Claude Blanc.
8 A Which clinic _____________(they, sell) ?
B- No it wasn’t a clinic . They sold the first medical school, but kept the
others.
9 A Which laboratory ___________ (win) the contract ?
B It was Biopharm International, I think
10 A What______________(she, pay) for the stay ?
B I can’t remember, but it was a lot.

3 Past actions and states : used to + infinitive

Rewrite the sentences. Use used to/didn’t use to + infinitive
1 In the past, he sold second-hand medical tools.
2 Fax was once the fastest way to send written words.
3 These days, most people have their doctor to visit.
4 Specialists in Medicine are not common and affordable nowadays.
5 I have an administrative car in my new job.

4 Comparisons
Complete the sentence. Use the word(s) in brackets in the correct form. Add
any necessary words.
1 I’m _______________(good) at reading than listening.
2 For me, English is not as___________(hard) German.
3 Spanish is one of ______________(widely spoken) languages.
4 Portuguese isn’t______________(useful) internationally as English.
5 Russia is_____________(big) country in the world.
6 I think physiology is _____________ (important) English when it comes to
medical studies.
7 The USA is slightly ______________ (large) China.
8 I nearly gave up learning at Ipformed , but after a while, it go a
little___________(easy).
9 English pronunciation is strange, but English spelling is
______________(strange) !

5 Relative clauses
Join the sentences to make one sentence. Use who, that, where, which, or
whose.
1 The Midwest USA has more than 100 universities. That is more than any
other country in Africa.
2 They come from different African Universities. Many subjects are taught
there.
3 Hospital Management is a hard subject. It is taught in few African
Universities only..
4 A midwife is a person. she is in charge of taking care of pregnancies.
5 The world’s greatest hospitals are located in Los Angeles. They can host
international meetings. .
6 Most of our nurses are Brazalians. Their language is Portuguese.
7 Our University has a population of 50000 students. It is the main university
in Senegal.
8 In Canada, two languages are spoken. Its population is 26 million.
9 In Switzerland, 64% of the population speak German. Four languages are
spoken there.

6 Present and past trends

Complete the sentences with two or more suitable words.
 Patients increased____________ 1 million to 2 million
1
2
There was a______________ in the number of arrivals in the 1980s.
3 Attendance rate_____________ and then ____________ last year.

7…Passives
Rewrite the sentences in the passive form. Begin with the given words.
1- We are extending the hospital’s conference facilities.

The hospital’s………………………………………………………………….
2- We ask patients not to touch any thing

patients…………………………………………………………………………..
3- Has anyone repaired the scanner yet

4- Has the ……………………………………………………………………

5- Someone will do you a sugar check up tomorrow

A room …………………………………………………………………………

6- They haven’t received the government approval yet.

The government approval……………………………………………………….