AY 2007-2008 Projects - Europe/Eurasia

Country                       Armenia
City                              Yerevan
Host Institution           Yerevan State Medical University

Project Description
The goal of the project is to contribute to the quality of medical education in Armenia by developing the best strategies of teaching English to current university faculty and medical residents and by training young English faculty in new methodologies to make the teaching and learning process more effective. The project is to expand the teaching of medical subjects in English through improvement of the teaching of English to faculty, medical residents, and through enhancing the language teaching skills of young English teachers of the university. The EL Fellow will work with young English teachers through seminars/workshops in the methodology of English language teaching focusing on all four skills of TEFL, i.e. speaking, writing, reading, and English comprehension. These will be weekly meetings two hours each. The EL Fellow will teach English speaking to university faculty with a goal of increasing their comprehension and communication skills. A focus on medical terminology and content is expected. Each group will meet once a week for two hours. The EL Fellow will teach English speaking to medical residents with a goal of increasing their comprehension and communication skills. A focus on medical terminology and content is expected. Each group will meet once a week for two hours. As a result of the EL Fellow Project the percentage of the faculty that can redesign their courses and deliver them in English is expected to increase. The usage of English language professional materials as well as scientific articles should expand through various specialties. The English teachers should be equipped with up-to-date skills to teach English more effectively to their medical audience. The medical residents should be able to communicate with medical vocabulary and be ready to make presentations in English. As an additional activity the EL Fellow will be asked to look at the curriculum and assist with developing tips for English teachers to improve the teaching process. 

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