ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

MARIAGRAZIA RITA TORRISI


Learning Objectives

-Consolidating grammar and vocabulary, with particular attention to medical terms in use

-Consolidating the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing)

-Providing a lexical basis of technical language.

The students will acquire a level of linguistic competence which allows them :

At the end of the course students are expected to be able to:

- read and comprehend the meaning of specific scientific texts; - Translate from English a text of medical-scientific nature; - understand technical instructions in order to use sanitary devices and materials; - communicate in English in both general situations and health care setting; - Know the technical-scientific terminology concerning the profession

The level of competence expected by the end of the course is B1 / B2 level of the CEFR.



Detailed Course Content

Language functions and grammar structures:

· Basic sentence structure revision

· Tenses revision

· Linking Words

· Reported speech

· Passive voice

· Cohesion

· Phrasal verbs

Functions:

Ø describing people and places

Ø making comparisons

Ø expressing possibility

Ø asking for /giving advice and suggestions

Ø reporting past events and actions

Ø planning future actions

Ø reading into writing

TOPICS



Textbook Information

Grammar structure, language functions and vocabulary:

- “Grammar Spectrum”- ed Oxford University Press

- Jon Hird “The complete English grammar for Italian Students” Mini Recupero Course” (free e-book)

http://www.nspeak.com/newbasic/grammatica/grammar.htm

http://www.talkenglish.com/grammar/grammar.aspx

http://www.multimedia-english.com/basic-real-english

https://www.duolingo.com

http://www.englishtool.com/

http://howjsay.com/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobisystems.msdict.embedded.wireless.oxford.concisemedical

Medical English: E.Glendinning-J.Howard “Professional English in use-Medicine” Ed.Cambridge

The teacher will propose abstracts and overviews freely downloaded and adapted from the following web sites:

https://community.dur.ac.uk

/daniel.newman/phon7.pdf

http://info.visiblebody.com/bid/279205/anatomy-and-physiology-phonation-and-the-larynx

http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/

http://acadcom.com/acanews1/anmviewer.asp?a=135&z=47

http://www.home-speech-home.com/speech-therapy-resources.html




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