English Language 2

Passing the examination  should prove that the students have the language skills to study on courses taught in English and understand and produce biomedical and nursing  language. Getting these skills mean that the students have got a complete level  B1+ of CEFR

Aims:

At the B1+ level, students should be able to understand  texts (level B1+) on  concrete  topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialization. 

The course will go through 14 hour lessons. Each lesson consists of 3 hours each, except for the last one, which is made up of just two. 

The minimum attendance required is 75% of the course as a whole.

Nursing process: assessing objective and subjective data;

diagnosing; planning; Implementing; evaluating.

Sign and Symptoms and passive voice;

Most common form of medicine;

Blood;

Antibiotics;

Hypertension: diuretics, Ace inhibitors...

Any grammar  book  of   A2 level of CEFR.

Or

Grammar reference book : Grammar files Gold, Edward Jordan -Patricia

Identity Upper intermediate  A2 O.U.P:

English for Nursing

1)  Teacher's notes;

2) “English for the pharmacy students, di Luisa Benigni, società  editrice  “Esculapio”

3) English for Nursing di Loredana Panchieri 

The course is made up of 14-hour lessons as a whole. 

 The course includes an entry test, and a final written test on both grammar and on topics related to Nursing studies based.

The test consists of five open questions about the language related to the Nursing field, and a few grammar exercises.

In reference to the grammar test the students have to do the following type of exercises: gap fill exercises, transformation sentences, reordering sentences, translation, vocabulary exercises, etc...

Test score: each open question is worth three points, with 1.5 points for grammar and vocabulary correctness, and 1.5  points for the relevance of the answer to the question.

In reference to grammar, 1.5 points are awarded for each correct sentence, and no points for incorrect sentences. The test takes 50 minutes. 

 The results of the final written test will determine whether students have passed their final examination.

The students who, for any reason, do not attend the language course and the students of the previous courses, will take a written test both on grammar and on topics related to the studies and professions of “ biomedical and nursing language” plus an oral test both on grammar and on topics on nursing language. 

Attendance to the course is COMPULSORY.

Example of the written test for the English for Nursing.

1. What is do you know about blood? 

2) What do you know about antibiotics

3) What  are the common shapes of medications?

4) What is the function of white blood cells?

5) What is the nursing process?

6) what is the difference between bacteria and viruses?

Esempio di test di grammatica

Choose the correct alternative:

Will you say/tell us what is wrong?

What is the journalist saying/ telling?

The have made/done their beds

Are you making /doing  a living as a flexibly  worker? 

 Translate the following sentences:

Se fossi una farfalla volerei alto nel cielo. 

Magari vincessi la lotteria

Complete the sentences

If I had .......................the lottery, I would .........................a new house.

This person,....................son is an actor, lives in Hollywood.