SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH - channel 3

Developing vocabulary and communicative language functions in the medical-scientific realm.

Developing listening and oral production abilities.

Providing students with a pragmatic tool to be used for further linguistic investigations and specific (medical-scientific) text analysis.

1. Basics. Medical and paramedical personnel and places. Education and training. Systems diseases and symptoms. Investigations. Treatment. Prevention. Epidemiology. Ethics. Research. Taking a history. Examination. Presentations.
2. Word-building. Parts of speech. Pronunciation. Vocabulary in context. Puzzles and quizzes
3. Esercitazioni (grammar, vocabulary, skills)

1. Eric H. Glendinning, Ron Howard. Professional English in Use. Medicine. Cambridge UP. 2007
2. Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Medicine. A&C Black. 2006
3. Dispense:
   i) Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore-Knowles. Destination C1&C2. Grammar and Vocabulary. Macmillan. 2008 (Units 3, 4, 17, 18);
   ii) Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley. Outcomes Advanced. Heinle Cenange Learning. 2012 (Units 7, 10);
   iii) Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File Upper-Intermediate. Oxford UP. 2008 (Units 1C, 4C, 6C);
   iv) Jack C. Richards, Chuck Sandy. Passages. Cambridge UP. 2014 (Unit 11);
   v) Mark Bartram, Richard Walton, Elizabeth Sharman. Venture B1+. Oxford UP. 2016 (Unit 7)