Carla Finello

Doretta Ardu

Raffaella Beolé

Dominika Rzucidlo

Argomento e obiettivi del testo
 
 Life Stages è un corso di inglese specialistico per il settore dei Servizi per la sanità e l’assistenza sociale.
 
 I contenuti sono ordinati secondo criteri di graduale complessità concettuale e linguistica e vengono esplorati utilizzando le quattro abilità in modo omogeneo e integrato.
 I brani offrono un assortimento di stili, registri e livelli di difficoltà, e sono tratti da fonti diverse ed autentiche: libri e manuali, riviste e quotidiani online e siti web, anche specialistici.
 
 Il testo si propone di:
 
 <ul><li>far acquisire le competenze necessarie per comprendere testi che presentano termini, espressioni, strutture sintattiche e modalità discorsive specifiche del linguaggio settoriale;
</li><li>migliorare le capacità di ricezione e produzione orale e scritta, anche tramite attività tipo Preliminary, FCE e IELTS;
</li><li>consolidare abitudini grammaticali corrette;
</li><li>incoraggiare l'autonomia linguistica e la soluzione di problemi;
</li><li>stimolare l'interesse e la partecipazione attiva degli studenti, dando spazio alla loro esperienza personale e a problematiche di attualità.
</li></ul>La struttura
 Life Stages è diviso in sette Moduli, ognuno dei quali ripartito in un numero variabile di Unità.
 Ogni Unità è suddivisa in brevi Capitoli su due pagine – teoria ed esercizi – per favorire sia uno studio più parcellizzato, sia la scelta antologica da parte dell'insegnante.
 
 Brevi link (curiosità, ampliamenti, rimandi, attività o mini-approfondimenti) arricchiscono i brani per consentire una maggiore interattività. Un ricco apparato iconografico correda i brani di lettura, per ognuno dei quali è previsto un esauriente glossario.
 
 Ogni Unità si conclude con due sezioni:
 
 <ul><li>Vocabulary: con specifiche attività di revisione e consolidamento del lessico;
</li><li>Mapping your Mind: mappa riepilogativa per rappresentare la rete di relazioni tra i vari argomenti dell'unità.
</li></ul>Alla fine di ogni Modulo, il testo propone ulteriori attività:
 
 <ul><li>Key people: persone influenti nell'ambito dell'argomento trattato;
</li><li>Case study: analisi di un evento, un'organizzazione o un problema specifico;
</li><li>Clip: brevi filmati tratti da opere cinematografiche;
</li><li>Civic education: tematiche legate all'educazione civica e alla cittadinanza.
</li></ul>Un ultimo modulo extra comprende:
 
 <ul><li>Hands on: informazioni, consigli utili ed esercizi di role-play per immergersi in situazioni lavorative realistiche;
</li><li>Grammar: ripasso degli argomenti più importanti della grammatica inglese con lessico specifico del settore socio-sanitario;
</li><li>Spunti interdisciplinari.
</li></ul>Contenuti digitali integrativi
 
 <ul><li>Video per attività di listening e speaking
</li><li>Tracce audio in formato mp3
</li><li>Schemi e mappe interattive
</li><li>Testi per attività di approfondimento e di esercitazione
</li><li>Schede di civiltà comparata UK vs US
</li></ul>Teacher's Book. Disponibile sia in formato cartaceo sia digitale.
 
 <ul><li>Programmazione didattica / Piano di lavoro
</li><li>Didattica inclusiva e BES
</li><li>Agenda 2030
</li><li>Test di verifica di tutte le Unità e i Moduli, in formato editabile
</li><li>Soluzioni degli esercizi e note didattiche
</li><li>Audioscript delle attività di ascolto e dei video</li></ul>

MODULE 1 – BODY AND MIND

Unit 1.1 – The human body

The human body, an introduction

Cells and tissues

The skeletal and muscular systems

The nervous and endocrine systems

The cardiovascular and respiratory systems

The digestive and urinary systems

The reproductive system

The sensory systems

VOCABULARY

MAPPING YOUR MIND

Unit 1.2 – Keeping a body healthy

A healthy diet

Vitamins and minerals

Illnesses from food

Hygiene

Prevention

Vaccines

Unit 1.3 – The human brain and mind

The human brain

The limbic system

Memory

Language

Emotions

Imagination

Unit 1.4 – Keeping a mind healthy

Psychology

Psychotherapy

Psychiatry

KEY PEOPLE

CASE STUDY – Joseph Lister's antiseptic method and spray apparatus

CLIP FILM – Inside Out

CIVIC EDUCATION – Vax or no-vax?

MODULE 2 – BABIES AND CHILDREN

Unit 2.1 – Up to the birth

Preconception

Pregnancy

Antenatal screening tests

Labour and birth

Unit 2.2 – Babies

The first months after birth

Breastfeeding

Weaning

Sleeping

Growth, from 0 to 12 months

Fears and anxieties

Needs

Unit 2.3 – Children

Physical and intellectual development

Health checks and common diseases

Contagious diseases and vaccinations

Fears and phobias

Unit 2.4 – Developmental and educational theories

Freud

Piaget

Erikson

Other theories

Play theories

Unit 2.5 – Childcare

In-home care

Out-of-home care

The school system in Italy

The school system in the UK

Childcare legislation and support

CASE STUDY – The curious case of baby cages

CLIP FILM – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

CIVIC EDUCATION – Marks or no marks at school?

MODULE 3 – ADOLESCENTS

Unit 3.1 – Physical and social issues

Physical changes

Physical problems

Parental and academic pressure

Peer pressure

Bullying and cyberbullying

Relationships and contraception

Unit 3.2 – Psychological issues

Body acceptance and gender identity

Anxiety, FOMO, and hikikomori

FUTURE TENSES Structure TO BE GOING TO FUTURE SIMPLE FUTURE PERFECT +  Subj + Aux (BE ) present simple + + Subj + Aux (WILL) + to inf +  Subj + Aux (HAVE ) future simple +    Subj + Aux (BE ) present simple + not    Subj + Aux (WILL) + not + to inf    Subj + Aux (HAVE) future simple + ?  Aux (BE ) present simple + ?  Aux (WILL) + Subj + to inf ?  WILL + Subj + Aux (HAVE ) to inf + 1. Certain predictions with present 1. Long term or uncertain predictions 1. A   ction that will be ended by a going to + to inf + going to + to inf Subj + going to + to inf Use evidence >  B ased on these figures, we re going to meet serious difficulties. 2. Decisions >  The nurse has decided she s going to ask for a pay rise. 3. Intentions >  The Headmaster is going to organise a conference about STDs. >  Over the next ten years, many people Past Participle not + Past Participle Past Participle particular time in the future will become vegans. >  By the time the family arrive, he will have woken up from the surgery. 2. Offers and requests >  The line is busy. Will you hold for a minute? 3. Promises and threats >  D on t worry about the presentation, I ll help you. 4. Immediate decisions >  I ll help you with the homework, you look tired. 5. Opinions >   I don t think the project will be viable considering the data. Time indicators   tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next + week/month/year, on + day/date, at + time, in a week s/month s/year s time, in two/three weeks /months /years  time   in + time expression s + time, by the time, by + time expression In interrogative sentences, when the subject is in the 1st person, will turns into shall for offers. >  S hall I help you with that adoption form? When a time clause (introduced by a conjunction like when, after, before, until, as soon as, by the time, etc.) is set in the future, the tense to use is always the present simple and never the future. >  As soon as the ambulance arrives, I will send you a confirmation. For future events that are part of official arrangements use the present simple. For future events that derive from personal decisions and arrangements use the present continuous. 374 extra 

Future tenses

8   Choose the correct option. 1. The disease is proceeding as we expected so we are going to / will operate the patient next month. 4. Be careful with that hot tea or you will / are going to burn your mouth! 2. I think tofu will / are going to replace conventional meat by the end of this century. 5. The chemists  meeting for the new drug will / is going to be next month. 3. As soon as we get the results of all tests, we are going to / will advise on the type of treatment for our patient. 6. I think it will / is going to be difficult to find a better volunteer for this job. 9   Complete the sentences with the correct future tense, to be going to or future simple. 1. When the operation is over, we .................................................... (start) a therapy. 2. The demand for face masks is increasing day by day, so the company .................................................... (open) new plants soon. 3. If everything is ready, tomorrow we .................................................... (test) the new lab. 4. Don t worry, I .................................................... (switch off) the microscope, you can go home now. 5. Our company has planned to start a new 10   production line. I don t know when, but we .................................................... (recycle) plastics into new products. 6. Oh, we have run out of hobby horses. I .................................................... (place) a new order immediately! 7. Look! This girl .................................................... (faint) and she .................................................... (fall). 8. I .................................................... (probably, have) a meeting at the dentist s the day after tomorrow. Use a future perfect simple tense to complete the sentences. 1. By the end of the month, I .................................................... (work) here for 25 years. 2. In two months  time I .................................................... (have) my old car for exactly 10 years, and it s still running perfectly. 3. .................................................... (you, fix) my computer by the time I come home at 6.30? 4. We must change our lifestyle: by the end of the century, we .................................................... (run out) of many natural resources. 5. We re very late. I hope they .................................................... (not start) the meeting without us. 6. By the end of the week we .................................................... (produce) 300,000 vaccines. 11   Liam and Henry are two doctors working together. Complete their conversation with the correct future tense. L: Do you think you 1. .................................................... (still, work) here ten years from now? H: I hope not! I don t think I 2. .................................................... (be able) to stand it here for that long! The pressure is too much. I think I 3. .................................................... (quit) by then. I hope I 4. .................................................... (run) my own office by then. How about you? L: Well, in ten years, I 5. .................................................... (pay) off my house mortgage. I think I 6. .................................................... (still, be) here, but with any luck, I 7. .................................................... (move) to Rome to the best hospital in Italy. I love Rome! H: By the way, what about tomorrow? 8. .................................................... (you, come) to see the patient I told you about? L: Sure, I 9. .................................................... (be) there, it 10. .................................................... (be) a difficult case! 8.2   Grammar 375 

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