The practical course of medical English for academic purpose is the academic module of medical English teaching system. Based on the target situation analysis

the course consists of reading and writing of scientific papers

design of academic posters

and oral presentation in academic conferences

all of which focus on the selected key literature. During the course

the genre analysis theory

task-based teaching and situational teaching were applied to help students to improve their practical competence of academic English through accomplishing different kinds of academic communicative activities.