ENGLISH LANGUAGE
no prerequisites are required
The final examination is written and consists of 2 parts: the first one is aimed at assessing the student's knowledge of the basic English grammar rules through 48 questions, including gap-filling exercises, sentence transformation, error correction, use of the right tense.
In the second part 18 multiple choice questions will test the student's proper use of the vocabulary related to dentistry acquired during the course.
The course is aimed at reinforcing students’ knowledge of the basic English grammar and building up their technical vocabulary in order to read and translate scientific texts related to dentistry
Grammar:
Simple Present – Present Continuous – Simple Past – Present Perfect – Present Perfect Continuous – Future- Active / Passive form – The article – Relative Clauses – Modal verbs – Countable and uncountable nouns – If- clauses.
Vocabulary:
Dentistry: disciplines and people concerned – the dental office and its equipment – the human tooth – permanent and deciduous dentition – dental prostheses and orthodontic appliances.
Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in use, Cambridge
C. Trapani, Basic dental English, Piccin
Lectures (36 hours in total) - grammar review: reading and listening comprehension exercises (with audiovisual aids )- translation of simple texts related to the field of dentistry.