Teaching - UniCamillus

Scientific english

Code

90276

Language

ENG

Type of certificate

Competence

Credits

6

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

L-LIN/12

Contact Hours

60

Type of Activity

Core compulsory activities

Teacher	Rotatori Alessandro (syllabus) COURSE SYLLABUS The module will consider the following topics: Consonants • aspiration • devoicing • fortis and lenis • pre-fortis clipping • rhythmic clipping • glottal stop • syllabification • no audible release • t-voicing • silent letters • -ed endings • -s endings • -sts sequence • linking r • intrusive r • syllabic consonants Vowels • vowel quadrilateral • cardinal vowels • monophthongs • diphthongs • HIP, HEAD, BACK • GUT, schwa • schwi • schwu • CLOT, FOOT • TEETH, CARE • NURSE, HEART • JAW, WOMB • FACE, LIFE, JOINT • MOUTH, THROAT • HEAR, CURE • smoothing • compression • accents of English Accentuation and connected speech • lexical stress • prefixes, suffixes and combining forms • compounds VS phrases • sentence stress • deaccentuation • stress shift • stress in phrasal verbs • abbreviations and acronyms • weak, strong and contracted forms • assimilation • elision Intonation • intonation(al) phrase (IP) • nucleus • onset • uptalk • intonation patterns • falls, rises and fall-rises • tones in oral presentations • tag questions Medical English • pain and ache • care and cure • illness, disease and sickness • surgery and surgeries • hospitals and departments • wounds and injuries (reference books) RECOMMENDED READING • Ashby, P. (2011). Understanding Phonetics. London: Routledge. • Carley, P. et al (2017). English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice. London: Routledge. • Rotatori, A. (2020). Parlare e comprendere l’inglese contemporaneo della medicina e infermieristica. EdiSES Università • Wells, J. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd edition). Longman Further materials will be made available as handouts before the lectures.
Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities	From to
Delivery mode	Traditional
Attendance	Mandatory
Evaluation methods	Written test Oral exam