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WIE’s Computer-based English for Health  course is designed for people working or hoping to work in the Healthcare Sector. It provides interactive learning material for students to practise their language skills at Intermediate to Advanced proficiency levels.

 WIE’s Computer-based English for Health  course provides you with a wide range of authentic health-related speaking and listening situations. You will be able to learn and practise the target language through stimulating communicative tasks and activities. You will also focus on developing the vocabulary and the language you need to function successfully in common everyday health contexts.

At the end of each level, students are expected to be able to use a range of functional language, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar structures, to perform the following tasks:

Level 1 - General Communication
At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • introduce themselves and another person.
  • use the telephone appropriately.
  • ask and give directions.
  • express likes and dislikes.
  • make generalisations.
  • ask for personal information to complete forms.

 

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Level 2 - Taking a History
At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • express certainty.
  • ask for clarification.
  • ask about a medical complaint.
  • inform a patient of what’s going to happen next.
  • ask about a patient’s condition.
  • ask about general health.
  • ask about pain.
  • ask about family history and social behaviours.
  • ask for and give advice.

Level 3 - Examination and Diagnosis
At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • explain what is going to happen.
  • give reassurance.
  • explain consequences of action.
  • provide background information.
  • express degrees of possibility.
  • find out information about medical instruments.
  • give instructions.
  • give advice.
  • recognise language used in prescribing medication.

Level 4 - Procedures and Treatments
At the end of this module, students are expected to be able to:

  • give a presentation.
  • ask for and give an opinion.
  • discuss options towards making a decision.
  • ask for more detailed information.
  • refer a patient to a medical colleague.
  • order a procedure.
  • emphasise important points.

Dot01English for Health online Fee Information 
      

Course Length  Fees (NZ$) Special promotion (NZ$)
3 months 160 128
6 months 280 224
9 months 390 312
12 months 480 384
 

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PO Box 773, Hamilton, New Zealand
Phone: 64 - 7 - 8382450   Fax: 64 - 7 - 838 2453
Email: info@wie.ac.nz

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