ANNO ACCADEMICO 2016/17 1° anno (3 CFU)
INSEGNAMENTO: INGLESE SCIENTIFICO
DOCENTE: Dott.ssa Paola LEO
English for Medicine
Vocabulary referred to “Asking about Health”
The five senses – The functions of the Body
The Human Body: anatomical terms and common words
The Skeleton
Muscles and Systems (Digestive, Respiratory, Endocrine, Urinary)
Circulatory and Pulmonary systems
The Nervous system
Common diseases of the systems
The joints; Types of joints
The Cartilage
The National Health System
The Hospital
Hospital staff
Outpatients and inpatients
General expressions used in the Case History
Common injuries
Symptoms and pain
The physical examination; instructing the patient; giving treatment
The figure of the Physiotherapist (education and training, work fields)
A day in the life of a physio;
Interaction between the Physio and the Patient: spinal extension exercises
Readings
“The Human Skeleton”
“From Head to Toe”
“Synovial Joints”
“The Nervous System”
“What 3 things can I do to extend the length of my life” (Time magazine, March 6, 2017)
The European Curriculum Vitae – Europass and Template (including personal skills and
linguistic competences according to the Common European Reference Framework for foreign
languages; The self-assessment)
General topics
Talking about oneself (school education, experiences, skills, aspirations, family, hobbies)
Job interviews
Life style and the world of work
Strengthening of Grammar, Vocabulary and Skills Development
Spelling rules
Present Simple of auxiliaries and other verbs (forms, functions)
Special uses of “be”, “have”, “have got”
Interrogative adjectives and pronouns
Use of the article “the”
Present Continuous (forms, functions); State and action verbs
Verbs of senses (“see”, “hear”, “feel”, “touch”, “smell”, “taste”)
Prepositions and adverbs
Future forms
Passive forms (present, past)
Modal verbs; Forms to express ability and permission, obligation, advice, probability
The Past Simple (forms, functions, regular and irregular verbs)
The Past Continuous
Present Perfect vs Past Simple (forms, functions); Duration form; “since”, “for”
Phrasal verbs
Language functions (Case-taking) and expressions used in prescriptions
Skills development (reading / comprehension; writing / translation; speaking; listening): individual
and group work
Research works /focusing on a topic(freely chosen by students for the exam)
Among the proposed topics: Head transplant, Fractures, Hepatitis, Blue whale, Life-saving
maneuvers, Anatomage: the medical school in 3 , Breast cancer, Aids, Parkinson, Alzheimer,
Pediatric diseases and clown therapy, Multiple Sclerosis, Hydrokinetic therapy, Myocardial infarct,
Overdose, Leukemia, Assisted suicide.
La docente
Dott.ssa Paola LEO