[INS] Inglese scientifico I

Anno accademico 2014/2015

Programma

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMME FOR 1ST YEAR MEDICINE

Obiettivi formativi del corso.
L’obiettivo del corso d’inglese per il primo anno di Medicina è di introdurre lo studente ad una vasta gamma di termini e modi di dire medico-scientifici basilari ed assicurare che abbia acquisito e sviluppato capacità di lettura, scrittura e di ascolto in ambito medico-scientifico con particolare riguardo ad espressioni e termini comuni utilizzati in un contesto medico-paziente quotidiano.
Il corso si concentra su una varietà di argomenti medici, sintomi e patologie mediche ricavati dal sito del NHS (NHS/ choices; A-Z conditions) sotto forma di lettura e video con trascrizioni.
I seguenti argomenti fanno parte del programma di quest’anno:
1. Anorexia nervosa + Symptoms of Anorexia
2. Appendicitis + Symptoms of Appendicitis + ANIMATION transcript
3. Cataracts (age-related)
4. Chest pain
5. Chicken pox + Symptoms of Chicken pox
6. Cirrhosis + Symptoms of Cirrhosis + Phil’s story VIDEO transcript
7. Constipation + Symptoms of Constipation
8. Diabetes
9. Diarrhoea + Symptoms of Diarrhoea + DIARRHOEA VIDEO transcript
10. First Aid
11. Flatulence + FLATULENCE VIDEO transcript
12. Flu + Symptoms of Flu + FLU VIDEO transcript
13. Gallstones + Symptoms of Gallstones + GALLSTONES VIDEO transcript
14. Glandular Fever + Symptoms of Glandular Fever +GLANDULAR FEVER VIDEO transcript
15. Headaches + HEADACHES VIDEO transcript
16. Hip Fracture + Symptoms of a Hip fracture
17. Kidney Infection + Symptoms of K.I. + CYSTITIS + UTI VIDEO transcript
18. Mumps + Symptoms of Mumps + MUMPS VIDEO transcript
19. Osteoporosis + SYMPTOMS + OSTEOPOROSIS VIDEO transcript
20. Piles + Symptoms of Piles
21. Pneumonia + Symptoms of Pneumonia + PNEUMONIA VIDEO transcript
22. Sciatica + SCIATICA VIDEO transcript
23. Sinusitis + Symptoms of Sinusitis
24. Sore throat + TONSILLITIS VIDEO transcript

Il livello del corso è ‘upper-intermediate’ (B2)

Alla fine del corso gli studenti verranno valutati sotto forma di test scritto sulle loro competenze di (a) terminologia ed espressioni medico-scientifici e (b) sul contenuto dei brani di lettura e dei video.

The aim of the first year English course is to introduce students to a wide range of basic medical terminology and ensure that they have acquired and developed reading and listening skills in a medical context with an emphasis on common terms and expressions used in an everyday doctor-patient context.
The course focuses on a variety of medical topics, health conditions and symptoms taken from the NHS website in the form of reading passages and health videos + transcripts. The following topics are on this year’s programme:
1. Anorexia nervosa + Symptoms of Anorexia
2. Appendicitis + Symptoms of Appendicitis + ANIMATION transcript
3. Cataracts (age-related)
4. Chest pain
5. Chicken pox + Symptoms of Chicken pox
6. Cirrhosis + Symptoms of Cirrhosis + Phil’s story VIDEO transcript
7. Constipation + Symptoms of Constipation
8. Diabetes
9. Diarrhoea + Symptoms of Diarrhoea + DIARRHOEA VIDEO transcript
10. First Aid
11. Flatulence + FLATULENCE VIDEO transcript
12. Flu + Symptoms of Flu + FLU VIDEO transcript
13. Gallstones + Symptoms of Gallstones + GALLSTONES VIDEO transcript
14. Glandular Fever + Symptoms of Glandular Fever +GLANDULAR FEVER VIDEO transcript
15. Headaches + HEADACHES VIDEO transcript
16. Hip Fracture + Symptoms of a Hip fracture
17. Kidney Infection + Symptoms of K.I. + CYSTITIS + UTI VIDEO transcript
18. Mumps + Symptoms of Mumps + MUMPS VIDEO transcript
19. Osteoporosis + SYMPTOMS + OSTEOPOROSIS VIDEO transcript
20. Piles + Symptoms of Piles
21. Pneumonia + Symptoms of Pneumonia + PNEUMONIA VIDEO transcript
22. Sciatica + SCIATICA VIDEO transcript
23. Sinusitis + Symptoms of Sinusitis
24. Sore throat + TONSILLITIS VIDEO transcript
The course level is intermediate/upper-intermediate (The equivalent of a high B2)
At the end of the course students are required to pass a written test based on content: in the form of (a) multiple choice exercises and (b) medical terminology and expressions from Italian-English (see hand outs and study aids provided).