SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2018/2019
- Teacher
- JUDITH TERESA BALARI
- Credits
- 3
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- L-LIN/12
Training objectives
- The course of Scientific English will facilitate the reading of medical texts and will allow the student to communicate correctly with doctors and patients.
The main knowledge acquired will be divided into:
-Grammar exercises generally required for an Intermediate /B1 level
-Lexicon relative to the body, diseases, symptoms, etc.
-Authentic material such as articles on current issues in medicine
-Questionnaires in the field of medicine
-Contents of various clinical files, including commonly used abbreviations
-Study of ADLs and their relevance in clinical practice
-Active Listening as a means of communication with the patient
-The various phases of the nursing plan
-The ability to apply knowledge acquired will result in:
-Improved linguistic skills resulting in increased confidence in communication skills, leading to better professional/ patient- relationship
-Specific lexicon, above all, referring to pain, and the ability to elicit information through questions improving the comprehension of the patient’s problem
-Improved grammar and reading skills and the reality to identify key information leading to a better comprehension of articles and consequently, a deeper insight into current issues in the field of medicine
-Improved skills in how to translate questionnaires coming from English- speaking countries to apply in an Italian context
-A good knowledge of the concepts and linguistic forms associated with Active Listening can be used to improve communications with the patient. Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of English Grammar – Elementary A1 –A2
Course programme
- SYLLABUS - GRAMMAR STRUCTURES
-Articles: definite / indefinite / partitive.
-Pronouns: personal / object pronouns, interrogative /possessive/reflexive/relative.
-Nouns: regular and irregular.
-Adjectives.
-Prepositions : time / place.
-Verbs: present / past / future / conditionals 0/I/II/III
-Passive.
-Habits in the past - used to / always
-Modal verbs - Comparatives- superlatives - Gerunds- Infinitives Didactic methods
- Active Learning - A student - centered learning model that allows students to experiment with ideas, develop concepts, and integrate concepts into systems.
Interactive/ Participative Method emphasis on either the learner, content or teacher, learning, in small team - groups. Learning assessment procedures
- The exam is divided into two separate moments: you are asked to produce a power point (in groups, max five students, where they develop a theme linked to their professional profile).
This paper must be delivered before the written test in the classroom and its assessment accounts for a maximum of 10 points on the final grade.
The written exam in classroom is divided into several sections, the first of which is formed by an exercise of reading comprehension of the text, followed by a second section, made up of multiple choice questions based on topics discussed in class; a third section provides a text to complete and a fourth one based on a series of questions with true / false answer. Finally, it is required a description in English of the tasks related to the chosen profession, approximately 150 words.
Exam duration 1 hour 30 minutes. Reference texts
- Much time will be devoted to the development of reading skills. Reading will be based on texts taken from authentic material such as medical journals, reviews.
LEXIC: the readings will be accompanied by a study of specific vocabulary currently used in Medical English.
Parts of the body, common diseases, hospital departments vocabulary, clinical files, symptoms , etc.
Relations with the patient -(communication skills, questions)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.Oxford English for Careers -Nursing 1 by Tony Grice – Book to be used in the classroom. Oxford University Press
.Oxford English for Careers- Nursing 2 by Tony Grice - Oxford University Press
.Oxford English for Careers - Medicine 1 /2 by Sam McCarter
Oxford University Press
.Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-intermediate / Intermediate by Virginia Allum / Patricia McGarr
Campridge University Press
.Professional English in Use- MEDICINE by Eric H. Glendinning / Ron Howard
Cambridge University Press
.Good Practice- Communication skills in English for Medical Practitioner by Marie McCullagh/ Ros Wright
Cambridge University Press
.English in Medicine – Third edition- by Eric . H. Glendinning / Beverly A:S Holmström
Cambridge University Press
