LABORATORY OF SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH ( READING ARTICLES )
cod. PC1006869

Academic year 2021/22
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
- Maurizio BERETTA
Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field
Per la conoscenza di almeno una lingua straniera
Type of training activity
Language/Final test
10 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PIACENZA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: ENGLISH

Learning objectives

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:
-Know the basic elements of a scientific article
-know how to recognize the various elements of an article in English
-know how to translate a scientific article in English into Italian
-know how to analyze the questions that help to better understand a scientific text or article
-know how to communicate the essential elements of a scientific article in English

Prerequisites

-Basic English knowledge

Course unit content

Reading a scientific paper/article

Full programme

- - -

Bibliography

-English for Nurses and Healthcare professionals-Parini,Malaguti, Roberts
CEA edizioni

Teaching methods

The teaching methods will be conducted by favoring active learning methods, alternating with Socratic heuristic lessons.
There will be work in small groups (8-10 students) starting from articles taken from the main medical databases to be translated according to the criteria illustrated in the lessons
The slides and articles used will be uploaded from time to time on the Elly platform

Assessment methods and criteria

There is only the final test which consists in the translation of an article provided to the student and some multiple choice questions on critical appraisal and methodological knowledge.

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