Week 4 Study Guide Tutorial

Week 4 Tutorial (Language Lab.] A. Expected Learning Outcomes of the Lesson By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:  Apply the basic concepts of syllables and stress to pronouncing medical and health care terms  Be able to identify and pronounce the uncommon sounds as well as soft and hard sounds often found in medical and health care terms

B. Suggested Learning Activities for Tutorial 4    

Assignment Sheet for Mini-Presentation List of Uncommon Sounds List of Soft and Hard Sounds Medical and health care terms – List A: Mini-Presentation (by lecturer)

C. Supplementary Learning Activities  Exercise: Pronunciation of Medical and Health Care Terminology (Worksheet 4)

D. Useful Resources Useful references for checking pronunciation of medial and health care terms:  Dirckx, John H. (ed.). Stedman's Concise Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (latest ed.). (CD-ROM with pronunciation of entries)  Merriam-Webster Online: http://www.m-w.com (medical dictionary with pronunciation demonstrated) Other useful online resources:  The Free Dictionary by Farlex: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/  “Phonetics – the sounds of spoken language” – American English. The University of Iowa: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#  Pronunciation Page, Centre for Independent Language Learning, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/pronunci.htm

CC2040 Eng lish for A cademic Studies (Health Care) – Stud y Gu id e