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The present degree course in Medicine prescribes 3 ETC and is organized into both frontal lecturers and practice. Thus, it will be divided into 1 ETC for English Language and 2ETC for English for Special Purposes.

B1 of the Common European Framework (CEFR) is the starting level required, being B2 the final level to gain.Therefore, the program is based on the review of English language functions, grammar structures as well as to the introduction of the main lexical and structural elements of the English language for Medicine.

The students will have a written test based on language grammar and structures, and topics related to medical English.

OBJECTIVES

The course on English aims to develop language competences to comprehend and produce text in English for medicine, according to the syllabus of the degree course in Medicine. Therefore, the curriculum, based on the parameter of Common European Framework for Foreign Languages (Strasbourg 1998) will give the student the possibility to learn:

Communicative competence

Micro-language of Medicine

Authentic material and medicine matters field necessary to practice the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing)

CONTENT

The course aims to provide participants with the basic knowledge necessary for the analysis of a realia in Medicine.

The whole English language structures and functions will be reviewed.

Detailed Grammar programme:

Analysing the English sentence

The main parts of a sentence

To be; subject pronouns; demonstratives

To have – possession -

Possessives, reflexives, interrogatives

The Present Continuous

The Present Simple

Prepositions of Place and Time

The Imperative

The Future - four different ways to express the idea of future -

Past simple and past continuous

Present perfect and past perfect

The noun

Articles

Adjectives

Comparatives and superlatives

Indefinite pronouns and adjectives

Interrogative pronouns and adjectives

Modal Verbs I (potere)

Modal verbs II (dovere)

Conditional sentences and if clauses

The duration form

The passive voice

The subjunctive

Connectors

Direct and reported speech

In order to code texts the learner have to decode many of them, so the course will give the students all the necessary tools to do that, such as how to have a factual text analysis on reports with topics ABOUT MEDICINE.

Thus, the students will be given the following extra materials:

How to use Professional English ( meaning-pronunciation and translation into Italian); Reading skills - pre-reading activities; skimming, scanning, intensive and extensive reading. Efficient reading strategies ; Factual text Analysis; Essential definition for what a text is; Types of text –Identifying purpose and text convention; Med and Scientific English: The history of medical English; Communicating with the patient; Spelling; Pronunciation; Medical Specialties.

As regards English for Special Purposes, students are required to learn medical English through specific and authentic readings of the subject, with activities on prefixes and suffixes, phrasal verbs, compound nouns, acronyms, as well as through grammar, spelling and pronunciation differences between British English and American English. Particular attention will be given to the use of the passive form, the abolition of the relative clause in favour of the sentence construction on the left of the key word, typical of technical and scientific English.

TEXTBOOK

Clare, A. Wilson, J. J., Speak out 3rd Edition B1 (Pearson).

ONLINE https://englishconnect.pearson.com/courses/5328528132276224/next/~courses~list~type~all

Further materials will be provided by the tutor and shared on Moodlefad.unich.

EXAM

Written test

TIMETABLE

MON 9.00-12.00

(AULA MAGNA)

Teacher: Maria Luigia Di Nisio
Teacher: Serenella Massidda

Categoria: METODOLOGIA MEDICO-SCIENTIFICA DI BASE II

INGLESE 5 ANNO - LM41 - MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA

The course aims to train the students’ language skills in English at the CEFR B2 level with a focus on reading and listening comprehension as well as on oral interaction. To this end, the lessons will include reading, listening, and speaking activities while developing and consolidating General English grammar and vocabulary competences. At the same time, the course will provide students with reading and listening skills, and basic specialized vocabulary (ESP - English for Special Purposes) in some of the main areas of medicine. Specific attention will be devoted to the analysis of the abstract as a domain-specific textual genre. Entry language skills: CEFR B1+ or higher.

CONTENT

ESP - ENGLISH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES

Sub-fields of Science and Medicine, Abstracts

LANGUAGE AND FUNCTIONS

Verb tenses,

Modal verbs,

Passive forms,

Reported speech,

Linking words and conjunctions,

Dependent preposition.

TEXTBOOKS

Barbara Bettinelli, Paola Catenaccio, Karine Beatty, English for Medicine - Volume 2, Milano, Hoepli, 2006, ISBN 9788820332686

Texts, slides and any other material handed out by the Lecturer and/or made available for download on the e-learning university site.

OBJECTIVES

The learning objectives of the programme in Medicine include the development of B2+/C1 language skills in English with a focus on domain-specific vocabulary (ESP). At the end of the course, students will be expected to understand the main concepts of a discourse of a certain length and speed, and follow complex arguments; to understand narrative texts; to communicate in a sufficiently spontaneous and natural way so as to interact with native speakers; to express their opinions; to write clearly and articulately on a wide range of topics, including the specialized domain of Medicine.

Lectures will be integrated with communicative and task-based activities when needed. For this reason, the students’ active participation and interaction is crucial to attain the expected learning outcomes. Classes will be taught using traditional and multimedia (AV) materials as well as authentic (scientific) texts. Students are required to come to class with their coursebook and study material.

CRITICAL SKILLS AND SELF-ASSESSMENT

Students are expected to acquire language skills to be able to express themselves clearly and correctly in English in both general and specialized contexts. Students are also expected to develop adequate metalinguistic skills.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Students will be expected to understand the main gist of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics; to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible and without strain; to produce a clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue. Students will also be expected to apply these language skills to specialized communication in the scholarly and professional fields of Medicine.

EXAM

Written test.

TIMETABLE

THU 14-17

(AULA NPD)