Teaching of English is compulsory in most of the medical disciplines at Ziauddin University and the Department of English caters to such needs. Keeping in view the varying needs of English for various disciplines the department has designed English Language & Communication Skills syllabus, based on ES P (English for Specific Purposes).

This needs based syllabus will help the students in reading and writing assignments related to medical topics. It will also help them in meeting other workplace related writing needs. The course lays greater emphasis at developing oral communication, particularly, presentation skills.

This course employs methods of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) where the emphasis is on learners need to use English in order to communicate successfully in their professional fields. The students will be provided equal opportunities to practice tasks which relate to their field of specialization. The methodology focuses on fluency as well as accuracy of language in their communication. In both oral and written communication the content relates to medical context so that the students feel at home with the background and acquire fluency and accuracy of grammatical elements with ease.

 

Evaluation

Evaluation of students is based on a combination of continuous assessments and a final examination. In most programmes the weighting given to each is 50%. Continuous assessments consist of two eight-week Tests, Mid-Term Test, and two more eight-week Tests and towards the end one Final Examination. These assessments include assignments, presentations and written tests.

The purpose of the continuous assessment is to keep the students focused on the contents of the subject taught. The final result reflects round the year academic performance of the students. Evaluation of the teaching staff is also carried out. Towards the end of the programme students are asked to complete a questionnaire to assess the performance of the subject instructor.

English courses are taught in the following programmes:

1)	M.Sc. in Blood Banking and M.Sc. in Hematology.
2)	B.Sc. in Medical Technology.
3)	B.Sc. in Nursing.
4)	B.S. in Bio-Medical Engineering.
5)	Bachelor in Speech Language Therapy.
6)	Bachelor in Physical Therapy.
7)	Diploma in Nursing.
8)	Diploma in Mid-Wifery.