ENGLISH SECOND YEAR

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2012/2013

Academic Year of provision:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Language/Final Examination

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE PREVENTION TECHNIQUES

Disciplinary Sector:

English Language and Translation

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FOGLIO Chiaretta Professor

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

Prerequisites: pronunciation skills, listening comprehension, reading and oral discussion of fairly simple material in English. Grammar: the present; the past; the present perfect; the past perfect; the future; simple, continuous and perfect aspects of the verb; questions and answers; modals; sentence structure; relative clauses; prepositions; phrasal verbs; nouns, articles and quantifiers; adverbs and adjectives; gerunds and infinitives; the passive; miscellaneous; conditionals; direct and reported speech; word formation; numbers; phonetics; British English versus American English. Article translation, including reading more complex academic texts and engaging in conversation in English. The English requirement for applying to the course is intended to demonstrate competency in grammar and composition as well as comprehension and analysis of dense written material. In general, the English requirement is addressed by taking courses that the medical school recognizes as writing course. The medical English requirement is a university-wide writing skill that all students must fulfil. However, it is at the discretion of the teacher to determine whether a student meets the necessary requirement.

Educational Goals

The objective of this Course is:
To help students develop a range of grammar skills relevant to the quality of their interactions with patients;
To help them build a basic, yet broad medical vocabulary covering the fields of dietetics, general and functional anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, nursing care, as well as healthcare management;
To help them enhance their medical translation skills;
To help them achieve a high degree of competence in medical writing;
To introduce them to the essentials of simultaneous and consecutive medical interpretation;
To help them better understand the processes underlying effective language learning and develop a solid metalinguistical consciousness by addressing a selection of relevant neurolinguistical, sociolinguistical and psycholinguistical concepts and issues.

Content

The course is designed to help students develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English. It aims to give these participants the opportunity to learn specialised vocabulary and expressions, to activate passive vocabulary, to learn the English pronunciation of medical terms and to increase fluency and confidence in using English in professional contexts.
Activities during the course may include:
• listening to medical programmes and website videos and completing a variety of tasks.
• reading and summarising medical articles
• group discussion of case problems, ethical questions, etc.
• practice of the vocabulary and grammatical structures
• writing short summaries
• preparation and presentation of short talks
• pronunciation practice

Extended Syllabus

L. Benigni, A.L. Schou Clarke, English for Health and Safety in the Workplace, Hoepli:

SECTION 1
UNIT 1 Safety and health at work. Introduction
UNIT 2 Categories of hazards
UNIT 3 Accidents at work – Key facts
UNIT 4 Hazards and risks assesment
UNIT 5 Common jobs and associated hazards
UNIT 6 Significant hazards and risks
UNIT 7 Construction: a dangerous sector
UNIT 8 EU Directive 89/391
UNIT 9 European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
UNIT 10 A new EU strategy

SECTION 2
UNIT 11 Chemical hazards
UNIT 12 Types of chemicals in the workplace
UNIT 13 Biological hazards

Esercizi interattivi, di ripasso, consolidamento e traduzione: http://scuola.zanichelli.it/online/grammarinprogress/libro-misto-essenzi...

Recommended Bibliography

- L. Benigni, A.L. Schou Clarke, English for Health and Safety in the Workplace, Hoepli,
Milano, 2012, con CD-Rom Audio
- F. Malaguti, I. Parini, R. Roberts, English for Nurses and Healthcare Providers, a cura di A. Destrebecq, G. Ledonne, I. Parini, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2008, con CD-Rom
- M. Milner, English for Health Sciences, Thomson ELT, 2006
- Del Zotto, English for Environmental Protection, presentazione di G. Cornelio, Padova, Piccin, 2006
- B. Bettinelli, N. Carlini, P. Catenaccio, English for Medicine, Hoepli, Milano, 2005

Bonci L., Howell S., Grammar in Progress, Zanichelli, 2010
Murphy, R., English Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2006
Bonomi, Barili, Schwammenthal, Grammar Matters, Principato, 2007

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Dizionario Inglese-Italiano/Italiano-Inglese, Sansoni, Milano
Dizionario Inglese-Italiano/Italiano-Inglese, Garzanti Hazon, Milano

Teaching Methods

Lectures are usually given to small groups. The teacher may give some information available online after a lecture and this can help to supplement the notes students take during the class. Students may be asked to work as individuals, in pairs or in small groups. They may be asked to 'write up' their work and translation and this contributes to the overall exam result. Usually, students have to attend classes in order to pass. Students will be encouraged to read widely, to question and analyse what they have read, and to discuss openly their own ideas. Emphasis is placed on teaching to apply information. This means, for example, being asked to answer questions where there's no right or wrong answer, but scope for opinion and debate.

Assessment Methods

The Final Test is a 90 minute subject-specific test for students of courses at university. It consists of a medical translation text from the English language into a good Italian version, and some grammar or fill-in exercises.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, February 24, 2014

End date of teaching period:

Friday, June 13, 2014

Other Information

This medical English course aims to develop your ability to use and understand English in a wide range of medical contexts. The teacher is available to students at the beginning of each lecture or you can contact her by e-mail.

Login HP

Portale di Ateneo - En.Unibs.it

Struttura

Servizi

Menu Target

Academic Years

Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 2

Course year: 3

Footer