Mark Rebuck
Meijo University, Faculty of Pharmacy
I am from London (England), but have lived in Japan since the early 1990s. Apart from one year working as a bell boy in a Shizuoka hotel and three years as a CIR (Coordinator for International Relations) on the JET program, my time in Japan has mostly been spent teaching in various universities. Since 2013, I have taught medical English to pharmacy students.
Sessions
Challenges and Solutions for the EMP Classroom
The presenter will discuss solutions to the challenges encountered teaching English for Medical Purposes (EMP), challenges that can be grouped under five headings: needs and wants; teacher expertise; lesson content; classroom management; and assessment. For example, responding to the students’ want for content that is relevant means the EMP teacher cannot remain a layperson. How then can they become sufficiently knowledgeable to teach a lesson on, for example, opioid pharmacology?