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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Mestrado Universitario en Xerontoloxía (Plan 2011) |
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| English Language I |
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| Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | English Language I | Code | 653491019 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Introduction. English in the Health Sciences. | Lexical and syntactic features (elementary). Verb tenses and forms. An Old Person I Know: essay practice. Analysis and correction of mistakes. Asking for and giving directions. |
| My Speciality. | Presentation and essay practice. "My Speciality". Presentation strategies. |
| Secrets of a long life. | Genetics, lifestyle and environmental factors. Reading comprehension: "An Overview of Geriatric Care" |
| Where and when? The timing and placing of old age and the old. | Professional and Family Care. Old People's Homes and / or home care. |
| Everyday practice with the elderly: tasks, medication and helpful devices. | Lexical and syntactic features (intermediate). |
| Old age and the brain. Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease | Practical situations and problems. Reading comprehension. |
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