SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH A - L

Grammatical morphological, lexical and phonological aspects of English language (B1+/B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages); the most common elements of scientific lexicon; reading comprehension and the ability to comment on topics related to the scientific field and particularly the following topics:

• What is biotechnology?

•  What is a gene?

•  What is a genome?

•  DNA and its structure

• The origin of genetics and Mendel's laws

•  Cancerous cells

  What is pharmacology?

  Recombinant DNA technology in therapy

  Parkinson's disease

  Cloning for therapeutic use

  The human body and its major organ systems

  The chemical structure of food

  Food analysis

• What's in the food we eat?

• Theory of the origin of cells

• Bacteria

• Viruses

• Covid -19: origins and diffusion

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• express opinions
• recognize grammatical and syntactical structures;
• recount present, past and future events,
• recognize and use the most common elements of scientific lexicon;
• read, analize and comment on scientific texts;
• sum up information found in texts;

Grammar and language skills:

J. Eastwood, Oxford Practice Grammar - Intermediate, Oxford, University Press, Oxford 2010 (reference grammar);

J&L Soars, Headway Digital Intermediate, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012 ;

Monographic course:

The material related to the scientific field will be provided during the course.