SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- PETER JAMES BRANNICK
- Credits
- 3
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- L-LIN/12
Training objectives
- Equip course participants with the skills to be able to:
• Access scientific literature and research (for learning during their studies and In their professional lives)
• Interact with patients and colleagues in an English-language context. Prerequisites
- Basic English
Course programme
- A general English assessment test. Grammar as necessary.
English in a scientific curriculum.
Accessing scientific literature in English
An introduction to medical terminology and the use of abbreviations.
The human body: development, movement, posture and lifting. Directional terms.
Levels of organisation: cell, tissue, organ, body systems. Structure and function of body systems, the skeletal and muscular systems. ADLs. Mobility. Orthoses and prostheses.
Therapeutical aids.
Patient – Therapist interaction: Giving instructions and advice. Preparing and giving exercise programmes.
Comparative overview of physiotherapy in an English-speaking context Didactic methods
- Lectures.
Group work.
Group communicative work Learning assessment procedures
- Written exam (60% of overall mark) divided into 2 sections
1) Use of scientific English, including assessment of field-specific vocabulary and grammar
2) Open book reading & writing based on a field-specific article given before the exam
a) Reading comprehension. Students respond to questions on the article
b) Writing task. Students write a brief summary of the article
Oral examination (60% of overall mark)
The students are asked to take part in two role plays. One in which they take the role of a physiotherapist, the other in which they are the patient suffering from a complaint. The student suffering from a complaint is asked to randomly take one of five envelopes. After taking an envelope they can read the complaint which they are suffering from. The students are graded on specific language areas covered during the course (question formation, indirect questions, present perfect and past tenses, conditional tenses and future tenses all within a medical context). They are also graded on their use of functional and scientific language: Asking for specific information about the condition, asking to examine the patient in an appropriate manner, explaining the possible reasons for the presenting complaint and describing a possible course of action, working both individually as well as with a physiotherapist. The scientific language which the student is expected to use is a description of what part of the skeleton or muscular system has been affected and in what way. Reference texts
- R A Bradley, English for Nursing and Health Care, McGraw - Hill
Memmler, The Human Body in Health and Disease, Cohen and Wood
Tony O'Brien, Nucleus Medicine
Eric Glendinning e Berverly Holmström, English in Medicine
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/
Collins COBUILD Advanced Leaners Dictionary
Michael Swan, Practical English Usage
