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SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH (F)
cod. 15678

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field
Ulteriori conoscenze linguistiche
Type of training activity
More
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Integrated course unit module: SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH I

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Learning objectives

Acquisition by students of the capability of understanding English texts of scientific, medical or professional matter, in order to get up to date and improve their professional knowledge and skills

Prerequisites

none

Course unit content

 'GRAMMATICA: ARTICLES (A/AN, THE); COUNTABLE + UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS; ALPHABET + SPELLING; CARDINAL + ORDINAL NUMBERS; PERSONAL PRONOUNS; OBJECT PRONOUNS; POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES/PRONOUNS; SAXON GENITIVE; POSITION OF ADJECTIVES; SOME/ANY; MUCH/MANY , A LOT OF; THERE I /THERE ARE; HOW MUCH?/HOW MANY? PREPOSITIONS; ADJECTIVES + ADVERBS; WORD ORDER; QUESTION FORMS. TENSES: VERBS – TO BE/TO HAVE/HAVE GOT/CAN /MUST/ PRESENT CONTINUOUS/ SIMPLE PRESENT/ FUTURE TENSES: (WILL/ -ING/ TO BE GOING TO)/ PRESENT PERFECT/ PAST TENSE/ PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS + DURATION FORM (HOW LONG? SINCE/ FOR)/ PAST PERFECT/ PAST CONTINUOUS. MODAL VERBS: CAN/ COULD/ BE ABLE TO/ MAY/ MIGHT/ HAVE TO/ MAY/ MAY HAVE/ MIGHT HAVE/ NEEDN’T/ NEEDN’T HAVE. CONDITIUONALS AND PAST CONDITIONALS: WOULD/ SHOULD/ COULD/ WOULD HAVE/ SHOULD HAVE/ COULD HAVE. THE PASSIVE VOICE; COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES; “IF” CLAUSES; RELATIVE CLAUSES; LINKERS (CONNETTORI); COMPOUND NOUNS; PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES; IRREGULAR VERBS; MODAL VERBS – PRESENT AND PAST TENSES'

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Bibliography

1.”Say Ah” by Alison Wardle Volume I. Editor: Piccin. <br />
2.“English on duty” by Linda Massari and Mary Jo Teriaca. Editor: Scienza Medica

Teaching methods

<p>Didactics: <br />
teaching and learning activities by making use of audiovisual instruments; interactive discussions. <br />
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Examination Tests: <br />
written translation of English texts; multiple choice questions</p>

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