Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Scientific English for Medical and Healthcare Purposes (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S01572
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
3
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
LMSIO 1° ANNO 1° Semestre dal Nov 12, 2018 al Jan 18, 2019.
Learning outcomes
Offrire agli studenti gli strumenti linguistici per conoscere il panorama lessicale specifico della letteratura scientifica relativa al loro ambito disciplinare, le modalità di lettura e comprensione, la struttura del linguaggio scientifico nello scritto e nell’elaborazione orale. Il programma prevede anche una costante analisi morfo-sintattica e lessicale dei testi presi in esame aiutando gli studenti a consolidare e sviluppare le competenze linguistiche richieste dalle letture. L'obiettivo è altresì quello di preparare gli studenti a riformulare in lingua inglese i contenuti della ricerca in forma scritta con abstract, articoli scientifici e poster e in forma orale con la preparazione di speech e report.
Program
The course will be developed as follows:
Activities in smaller groups for developing the following skills:
Reading skills, research skills, speaking and presenting skills, dialogue skills, paraphrasing skills.
Academic English and terminology
Examination Methods
The exam is an oral exam. An English-language presentation of a research work carried out by a team of students (minimum 2 students, maximum 4 students).
The work consists in the presentation of a topic chosen to be identified among the topic addressed in the classroom.
In particular, the presentation will contain:
The description of an area of interest / topic with data, definitions, any descriptive video, statistics and comprehensive description of the topic background.
The description of a research question, Foreground or Background question.
The description of the research methods, such as keywords, such as databases, such as magazines, etc ...
The synthesis of the retrieved studies
The selection of one or more selected studies as evidence with the reasons for choosing
Content analysis of studies with the active reading mode.
The conclusions
The reflections on the relevance of the learned content
A glossary of scientific terms.
The group of students will prepare:
A printed copy of the slides or visual support material
A copy of files to be projected in ppt or Keynote or PDF.
The printing of the evidence.
