ULTERIORI CONOSCENZE LINGUISTICHE LINGUA INGLESE
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: ENRICO SPADAROExpected Learning Outcomes
The course, taught entirely in English, aims to provide a good knowledge of the fundamentals of English grammar, as well as the tools to analyse, understand, translate scientific texts and to exchange general information in English. In particular, students will become familiar with the English vocabulary relating to their specific field of expertise.
Course Structure
Teaching methods
Frontal Lectures
Prerequisites
None
Frequency of lessons
Compulsory
Detailed Course Content
The course programme includes knowledge of commonly used medical terminology and anatomical terms, with particular emphasis on the phonatory, auditory and respiratory systems and the nervous system, as well as specific notions of grammar and syntax necessary for scientific writing. Students are also required to have the ability to analyse scientific texts and the structure (IMRAD) that characterises the most prestigious research articles. Reading and translation of medical-scientific texts will be practised during the lessons.
Textbook Information
1. Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Fifth Edition, Cambridge University Press
2. Eric H. Glendinning, Ron Howard Professional English in Use, Medicine, Cambridge University Press
3. Roberta Losano Scientific English, User’s Guide, Edizioni Minerva Medica
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction; entry test and Grammar - articoli (a/an, the); -plurale dei nomi: contabili e non contabili; -pronomi personali; pronomi personali complemento; -aggettivi e pronomi possessivi; -genitivo sassone; -posizione degli aggettivi; aggettivi e avverbi; | Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Fifth Edition, Cambridge University Press |
| 2 | Tempi verbali: present simple/ present continuous / futuro: (will/ -ing/ to be going to)/ present perfect/ passato/ present perfect continuous + duration form (how long? since/ for)/ past perfect/ past continuous/ past perfect continuous. | Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Fifth Edition, Cambridge University Press |
| 3 | Modal verbs: can/ could/ be able to/ may/ might/ have to/ must/ may have/ might have/ needn’t/ needn’t have. Condizionale presente e passato: would/ should/ could/ would have/ should have/ could have, “if” clauses. Passive voice. | Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Fifth Edition, Cambridge University Press |
| 4 | Partitivi: some/any; much/many, a lot of; there is/there are; -How much?/How many? -Pronomi interrogativi -preposizioni. di luogo, tempo e spazio | Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Fifth Edition, Cambridge University Press |
| 5 | Phrasal Verbs | Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, Fifth Edition, Cambridge University Press |
| 6 | Introduzione all'Inglese Scientifico: Tipologia di testi scientifici: Research Article, Clinical report, descriptive and informative Abstracts, Literature Reviews. | Roberta Losano Inglese scientifico, Manuale d’uso, Edizioni Minerva Medica |
| 7 | Struttura e formato della scrittura scientifica (IMRAD Structure) | Roberta Losano Inglese scientifico, Manuale d’uso, Edizioni Minerva Medica |
| 8 | Scelte stilistiche dell'Inglese Scientifico: Passive Voice, Noun style, Scelte sintattiche dell'Inglese Scientifico: uso dei tempi verbali (Present e Past tense) e dei Modali. | Roberta Losano Inglese scientifico, Manuale d’uso, Edizioni Minerva Medica |
| 9 | Scelte lessicali dell'Inglese Scientifico: compounding, uso di termini anatomici e di parole della lingua comune. | Roberta Losano Inglese scientifico, Manuale d’uso, Edizioni Minerva Medica |
| 10 | Terminologia Medico-scientifica: Parts of the body: anatomical terms and common words, Functions of the body: The five senses | Eric H. Glendinning, Ron Howard Professional English in Use, Medicine, Cambridge University Press |
| 11 | Allied health professionals: Technicians | Eric H. Glendinning, Ron Howard Professional English in Use, Medicine, Cambridge University Press |
| 12 | Psychiatric disorders - The nervous system 1 | Eric H. Glendinning, Ron Howard Professional English in Use, Medicine, Cambridge University Press |
| 13 | Research articles, Abstracts and Data presentation | Eric H. Glendinning, Ron Howard Professional English in Use, Medicine, Cambridge University Press |