| General description |
This course aims to develop skills that allow students to understand and apply the knowledge related to their profession using a modern language: English. This subject has both theoretical and practical content. It begins with the fundamentals of scientific-technical English applied to the health sciences, to go on to consider points that interest occupational therapy professionals in a more concrete way. Regarding the contents of the texts in English, the order of the other subjects of the Degree in Occupational Therapy will be followed. Therefore, during the first semester, related texts of general interest will be studied as well as others that have to do with childhood and adolescence, going on in the second semester to study those that refer to the adult human being. On the ENOTHE (European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education) website itself, this language is given a privileged position, holding its international meetings in English. Therefore, it is understood that the student needs to acquire English skills, both general and specific to his vocation and future profession, to be able to communicate with English speakers as well as with patients from other countries and to attend and participate in congresses and formal meetings and informal meetings with professionals from other countries who work in the same field. Descriptor: Knowledge of a second language that enables them to speak, understand and write, as well as being able to work in an international context. Handling of documents and usual texts by professionals. |
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