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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Mestrado Universitario en Xerontoloxía (Plan 2011) |
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| English Language II |
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| Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | English Language II | Code | 653491020 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 2nd four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Introduction. English in Geriatrics and Gerontology. | Lexical and syntactic features (intermediate). Verb tenses and forms. "An Old Person I help to treat": essay practice. Analysis and correction of mistakes. |
| Exercise and Old Age. Listening and reading comprehension of audio and audiovisual texts. Practice in presentations and compositions. Strategies for essays and presentations. |
Listening Comprehension: audiovisual texts on the theme of exercise and old age. Presentation and essay practice. Presentation strategies. |
| Secrets of a long life. | Genetics, lifestyle and environmental factors. Teamwork with specialists in other areas. Reading comprehension: "Geriatric Interdisciplinary teams". |
| A Question of Age | Professional and Family Care. Old People's Homes and / or home care. Discussion: "A Question of Age". Placing and timing in the lives of the elderly. Robotics and care of the elderly |
| The treatment of the elderly: medication. | Tasks, medication and over-medication. Lexical and syntactic features (intermediate). Part II. Alternative treatments (herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, etc) |
| Old age and the brain. Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease | Practical situations and problems. (part II) |
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