SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH

Language structures and functions:

• Basic sentence structure
• Present simple and present continuous
• Adjectives Adverbs of frequency
• Prepositions of time, place and movement
• Linking words
• WH-questions
• Possessive adjectives and pronouns
• Demonstratives
• Modals: can, may, must, have to, mustn’t, needn’t
• Future tenses: will, to be going to
• Countable and uncountable nouns
• Comparatives and superlatives
• Past tenses
• Functions:
• giving/asking for personal information
• describing people and places
• making comparisons
• expressing possibility/asking for permission
• giving/asking for advice and suggestions
• reporting past events and actions
• planning future actions

Vocabulary

Glossary of terms associated with physiotherapy

TOPICS

• What is Physiotherapy
• Physical Therapy Equipment
• Physical Therapy Techniques
• The Musculoskeletal System(Part 1-skeletal system and hints for related common pathologies)
• Joints, tendons, ligaments and bursas
• Sprains, strains and dislocations
• The human brain
• The nervous System (hints)
• How the Nervous System Interacts with Other Body Systems
• Brain/organ interaction
• Common injuries and bone fractures (hints)

Grammar structures and language functions:

• “Grammar Spectrum”- ed Oxford University Press
• Jon Hird “The complete English grammar for Italian Students” Mini Recupero Course” (free e-book)

​Resources available on line:

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/

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/index.htm

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 may propose abstracts and overviews freely downloaded and adapted from the following web sites:

http://www.ephysiotherapy.net/index.php

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/main.cfm

https://www.apta.org/

http://anatomy-medicine.com/musculoskeletal-system/10-musculoskeletal-system.html

https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/skeletal-system-6/overview-of-the-skeletal-system-1369/overview-of-the-musculoskeletal-system-454-9178/

http://www.fundamentalsofanatomy.com/mcqs/mcq.asp?I=1444334433&chapter=08&q=0001

http://www.adamondemand.com/about/#.V5sdYPmLTrc

http://www.astoundsurround.com/nervous-system

http://www.aviva.co.uk/health-insurance/home-of-health/medical-centre/medical-encyclopedia/entry/muscle-strains-and-tears/

http://www.innerbody.com/image/musfov.html

http://www.neuroskills.com/

http://www.livescience.com

http://humanbrainfacts.org