UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI FOGGIA
Facoltà di Medicina
OBJECTIVES : to provide meaningful practice both in everyday language and in the specific area of " Scientific Medical English ".
PHONETICS
More on IPA ( International Phonetic Alphabet)
Revision of the Glossary of phonetic terms
Phonetic transcription of words in the lecture room
BASIC GRAMMAR
Reinforcement of the structures studied in Semester I: Present Simple; Present continuous; Past simple; Present perfect; Future : ( I'm )going to (do), will/shall; Modals:can, could,may,might, must, have to.
THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
More on Word Formation
More on Compound Words
Synonyms
Reading, Translation and Explanatory Notes of:
Immunophenotyping; History and Physical Examination; Age of Morphologists; Advent of
Hematopoietic Progenitor transplantation; Dietetics; Nutrients; Food and Diet: Dietary fibres I;
Dietary fibres III.
STUDENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN THE LECTURE ROOM
Students will read and translate thescientific passages of the course with the help of the teacher;
Students will be involved in questions and guided summaries.
TEXTBOOK
M. Gotti English for Medicine, Zanichelli, Bologna,1995.
SUGGESTED DICTIONARIES
G. Delfino, G.Liguri e M.Stefani
Dizionario Enciclopedico di Scienze Biologiche e Mediche ,
Italiano Inglese, Inglese Italiano, Zanichelli, Bologna;
L.Chiampo ( a cura di ) Dizionario Enciclopedico di Medicina , Inglese Italiano, Italiano Inglese,
Zanichelli, Bologna.

UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI FOGGIA
OBJECTIVES : to provide meaningful practice both in everyday language and in the specific area of "Scientific Medical English".
PHONETICS
Introduction to IPA(International Phonetic Alphabet)
Description of vowels,consonants,diphtongs
Glossary of phonetic terms
Phonetic transcription of words in the lecture room.
THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
Word formation
Compound words
Synonyms
BASIC GRAMMAR
Present simple-Past simple-Present perfect-Future: (I'm) going to(do), will/shall-Modals:can, could, may, might,must have to-Relative clauses.
Reading,Translation and Explanatory Notes of :
The history of Medicine-Cells-Tissues-Bacteriology-Vaccines-Multiple Sclerosis-Arteriosclerotic
Heart Disease-Aids-The Danger of Drug Taking.
STUDENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN THE LECTURE ROOM
Students will read and translate the scientific passages of the course with the help of the teacher;
Students will be involved in guided summaries .
TEXTBOOK
M. Gotti English for Medicine , Zanichelli, Bologna, 1995.
SUGGESTED DICTIONARIES
G. Delfino, G. Liguri e M.Stefani Dizionario Enciclopedico di Scienze Biologiche e Mediche
Italiano Inglese , Inglese Italiano, Zanichelli, Bologna
L.Chiampo (a cura di) Dizionario Enciclopedico di Medicina Inglese Italiano, Italiano Inglese,
Zanichelli,Bologna.