Learning objectives

Acquire language skills that are needed to communicate with patients and practitioners when it’s necessary, to read and to understand the content of scientific research about professional scientific topics.

Prerequisites and basic notions

English language proficiency at B1+ (CEFR)
Desire to develop your 'voice' in English as a lingua franca

Program

- acquire specific vocabulary useful for understanding scientific articles and oral presentations
- develop communication skills comprising appropriate phraseology for the management of the clinical practice
- practise reading and listening comprehension of written and presented scientific texts about physiotherapy

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course is taught in English. A task-based approach aims to pursue intercultural communicative competence in the specific field of physiotherapy. Lesson contents encompass specific lexical acquisition, reading and listening comprehension of authentic material and case-study group work.

Learning assessment procedures

Written and oral presentation

Evaluation criteria

- Perform tasks using English as a lingua franca at B1+ level
- Demonstrate the acquisition of course material shared in the course virtual learning platform
- Engage in public speaking skills
- Create oral, written and visual texts in English demonstrating citation and references management ethics

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

All assessment criteria mentioned above must be met to pass the exam. The exam does not provide for the assignment of a numerical grade, but rather a "pass/fail" rating

Exam language

English