Bachelor's degree in Nursing (to qualify as a nurse) (Legnago)

Current year courses

Scientific English

Course code
4S006400
Name of lecturer
Daniela Cafaro
Coordinator
Daniela Cafaro
Number of ECTS credits allocated
1
Academic sector
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
LEGNAGO
Period
INF LEG - 3° anno 1° sem, INF LEG - 3° anno 2° sem

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Learning outcomes

The Scientific English cours aims at giving students the tools for the comprehension and the production of scientific texts.

Syllabus

Structure of a scientific article -IMRaD, structuresd/unstructured abstracts, BMJ, data bank for scientific articles, PubMed)
English sentences structure
Graphs description (line graphs, pie charts, bar charts, tables)
Case presentations

Reference books
Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
V. Allum, P. McGarr Cambridge English for Nursing: Intermediate + Cambridge University Press 2010
Eric H. Glendinning, Ron Howard Professional English in Use: Medicine Cambridge University Press 2008

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

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