This course is designed to develop both written and spoken communicative competence of second-year students from the School of Pharmacy and second-year students from the School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine. It aims to develop in students the ability to understand the organisation, linguistic features, and conventions of the background section of a research paper, laboratory reports, and presentations.  This course also aims at helping students develop relevant strategies to understand and use medical terminology in the contexts of pharmacology and biomedical sciences.