Teaching code

4S01572

Teacher

Lavinia Loredana Buonagura

Coordinator

Lavinia Loredana Buonagura

Credits

3

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH

Period

1° e 2° semestre (corsi annuali) PROFESSIONE SANITARIE dal Oct 2, 2023 al Sep 30, 2024.

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Prerequisites and basic notions

It is required a level of English in order to understand the main ideas of texts about general topics.

Program

Grammar exercises and the subject matter will be covered using scientific texts, articles, or videos with progressively increasing levels of difficulty.
Grammar:
English sentence structure;
adverbs;
Comparatives and Superlatives;
-Present simple
-Present continuous
-Past continuous
-Past simple
-Past perfect
-Present perfect simple
-Present perfect continuous
-Prepositions, linkers, adjectives and sdverbs;
The Future
Present Simple/continuous
Be+infinito
Be going to/be about
Will;
The Modals:
Can, could, be able;
May, Might;
Will/would;
Must/have to;
Need to
Conditional (0, 1 e 2) Clauses:
The passive: present simple and past simple
Have/get something done
Direct Indirect Speech
Say/Tell
Use of English
Scientific/Medical English: an overview
Subject matters:
Definition of Health and Health promotion; who and what promote health and well-being;
Health promoter: role, competences and skills; group working, working with other organizations and agencies abilities;
Source: A. Scriven, Promoting Health -Elsevier ed.
Health Promoter experience
Source: MSF;
Narrative Medicine
-A Model for Empathy, Reflection, Profession, and Trust;
-A Commitment to Making Health Care Personal
-Assessment of Bereaved Caregiver Experiences of Advance Care Planning for Children With Medical Complexity;
Articles:
-Walking in Nature Can Help Depression;
Addictions: Alcohol, tobacco and drugs
-Engaging Community Coalitions To Decrease Opioid Overdose Deaths Practice Guide 2023 (Part 1)
From Health for all strategies to Agenda 2030 through the Ottawa Charter
The Architecture of 2030 Agenda: goals, targets and connectors.
Students' choice: goals in deep
Teenagers HPV Vaccination, Asylum seekers
screening, Testicle cancer prevention, HPV Test and PAP Test screening
WHO: it stands as the guardian of Health
WHO: Epidemiological Investigation of Outbreaks: Guidelines
Communicable and not communicable
diseases. WHO guidelines.
WHO: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches

Didactic methods

The course aims to provide students with specific language skills in the comprehension and oral and written production of medical-scientific texts, with particular attention to the lexical, syntactic, and morphological aspects of scientific English. Through lectures, group and pair work, exercises, discussions, translations, and analysis of texts and articles, the course aims to provide students with a balanced knowledge of both oral and written comprehension.

Learning assessment procedures

Oral examination

Evaluation criteria

-Knowledge of the topics of the course;
-Ability to communicate effectively ;
-Use of medical/scientific terminology appropriately;
-Clarity, fluency and accuracy.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final assessment will be valued according to the following guidelines:
-grammar accuracy
-clarity and mastery of the contents
-complete and correct answers.

Exam language

Inglese

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