Work-out Theme: “Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers ” and “Complex Subject”
Lexis: Words and word combinations of the theme
Grammar: Complex Subject
Aims. Didactic aims: to form the following competence of students:
communicative component:
to form and develop the students’ skills on discussing the content of the theme and dialogical speech
Urgency of the theme: Medical students must know the importance of studying medical clinical lexis to describe clinical picture of a disease, which they’ll study at clinical disciplines.
Literature: Basic: “Essential English for medical students”, A.M.Maslova, Z.I.Winestein, L.S. Plebeyskaya,
Additional: 1. “Headway”, Elementary, Oxford University Press, 1995.
2. “Vocabulary in use”, Intermediate, Stuart Redman with Ellen Shaw, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Tasks: to enlarge students’ knowledge in the given theme for developing practical skills in commenting and giving their opinion
to develop students’ skills on monological and dialogical speech on the given theme by using new lexis and grammar
Speaking– 20 min
What do you complain of?
Give the questions using the words below.
f.ex:a) a) What / complain/ of / do / you?
b) What /complaints/ have/ you/ do?
c) How / can / help/ I/ you?
d) What / the symptoms/ are/ gastric and duodenal ulcer/ of?
e) What / the causes/ are / of /the disease?
f) You /could/ me/ prescribe/ drugs/ some
Give general and special questions to the sentences below and write the questions in the clouds.
a) The symptoms of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers are acute pain in the stomach, haemorrhage, nausea etc. f.ex:
1) What are the symptoms of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers?
b). The Soviet scientists proved the existence of an association between a lesion of the central and peripheral nervous systems and the development of ulcer. c) In the majority of cases ulcer is observed to develop in particularly nervous persons, often after emotional overstrain. d) In gastric ulcers pain is found to grow worse after meals. e) The causes of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers are irregular diet and emotional overstrain. Read and give the translations of the following word-combinations.
Development of ulcer, neurogenous theory, gastric juice, contraction of vessels, internal stimuli, irregular diet, considerable haemorrhage, exacerbation of ulcer, gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Find the nouns of the following adjectives from the clouds.
1.Patients with perforated ulcers are known to complain of …….. a) an acute pain in the stomach; b) a sharp pain in the substernal area radiating to the shoulder. 2. In old persons ulcers are complicated by haemorrhage which is due to ……. a) sclerotic changes in the stomach; b) an irregular diet in combination with a nervous overstrain. 3. According to corticovisceral theory the development of ulcer is associated with….. a) disturbances in the blood supply of the brain; b) the lesions of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Put the following words in a correct order and make a sentence. Men/ to develop /in /gastric and duodenal ulcers/ frequently /than /more /in /are /women /found.
The causes / the disease/ are /of/ diet/ emotional/ and/ overstrain/ irregular.
Acute/ the stomach/ in/ is known/ characteristic/ to be/ pain/ ulcers/ of /perforated.
In the majority/ ulcer/ is observed/ to develop/ in/ persons/ particularly/ of/ nervous/ cases.