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“Language and health care: from academic subject to professional tool for nursing students”

2009

In the academic world, English was brought by the Tabella XVIII, introduced by the European Committee, which made English a compulsory examination in any medical course. The skill required as described in the Decree is: “a basic knowledge of English, with the end of acquiring the ability to keep up-to-date in experimental and clinical medicine”. The Decree stated what should be the macroskills, but didn’t explain what “basic English” meant. So Universities were left discussing the syllabus and what should be learnt, and guidelines to overcome the surfacing issues and to standardize requirements. Also, the process of globalisation has produced a sort of melting pot, where linguistic (and cul…