The English Discipline in the Curricula of Dentistry
Keywords:
English, teaching, dentistry, curriculum.Abstract
Introduction: the English language, as a discipline for the general training in the curricula of Dentistry, has played an important role in the comprehensive training of the student as an essential element for professional competence and performance of the health proffessional-to-be.
Objective: to describe the historical evolution of the English Discipline in the curricula of Dentistry in Cuba.
Methods: the information was collected through the analysis of the program of the subjects, as well as key books and documents in the field since they were related to the curriculum, the teaching-learning process and medical education. The analysis, synthesis and contrast of the approaches of the authors of the materials revised with those of the authors of this paper was made.
Results: English has been a representative discipline in the curricula of Dentistry. In the period between 1960-1984, the communicative skills that help the student use the language as a tool of communication were not taken into account. In the academic course 1985-1986 the discipline was organized in two stages: General English and English for Specific Purposes The use of the Communicative Approach brought about positive changes in the English Discipline. From the 90´s on, the introduction of new textbooks has improved the teaching of English for Specific Purposes gradually.
Conclusion: the teaching of the English Discipline has evolved together with the improvement of the curricula of Dentistry and it has undergone several major changes always according to the social mandate and the development of language teaching all over the world.
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