ENGLISH FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY: A COURSEBOOK FOR SPANISH STUDENTS

CONTENTS
PRESENTACIÓN CUADERNOS PARA LA DOCENCIA
INTRODUCTION

UNIT 1. PHYSIOTHERAPY: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL THERAPY OR PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Warming up!
2. Introduction to Physical therapy or Physiotherapy
2.1. Reading comprehension: Introduction to physical therapy or physiotherapy
2.2. Word definition
2.3. Increasing your vocabulary
2.4. Completing sentences
2.5. Synonyms
3. Physiotherapy specialty areas
3.1. Translation
3.2. Vocabulary
3.3. Physiotherapy specialty areas: Types of physical therapy
3.3.1. Increasing your vocabulary
3.3.2. Grammar
3.3.3. Reading comprehension skills. True or false?
4. Curricula for the physical therapist professional degree
4.1. Filling gaps
4.2. Crossword. Review of physiotherapy specialty areas
5. One step into grammar! Articles
5.1. Supply a/an, the where suitable

UNIT 2. CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Warming up!
2. Introduction to Cardiovascular & Pulmonary physiotherapy
2.1. Reading comprehension: Introduction to cardiovascular & physiotherapy
2.2. Word definition
2.3. Increasing your vocabulary
2.4. Definitions
2.5. Vocabulary

3. Physiotherapy management in the prevention of complications
3.1. Translation
3.2. Synonyms
3.3. Reading comprehension
4. Filling gaps. Respiratory practitioners & physical therapists
5. Multiple choice. Assessing air quality as part of a physical therapy plan of care
6. One step into grammar! Relative clauses
6.1. Filling gaps

UNIT 3. GERIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Warming up!
2. Vocabulary and reading comprehension: Geriatric physiotherapy
2.1. Filling gaps
2.2. Vocabulary
3. Matching exercise
4. Filling gaps
5. Completing sentences

UNIT 4. NEUROLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Warming up!
2. Reading Comprehension: Neurological physiotherapy
2.1. Comprehension questions
2.2. Vocabulary
2.3. Filling gaps
2.4. Filling gaps
2.5. Reading comprehension
2.6. Reading comprehension questions
2.7. Linking treatments and effects
2.8. Vocabulary and translation

UNIT 5. PEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Warming up!
2. Introduction to Pediatric physiotherapy
2.1. Reading comprehension: Introduction to pediatric physiotherapy
2.2. Word definition
2.3. Increasing your vocabulary
2.4. Completing sentences
2.5. Antonyms
3. The pediatric physical therapy practitioner
3.1. Translation
3.2. Looking up words in the dictionary
3.3. Filling gaps. Requirements to become a pediatric therapy
practitioner
4. Some disorders and diseases treated by pediatric physical therapists
4.1. Increasing your vocabulary
4.2. Looking up words in the dictionary
4.3. Give the references of the following pronouns in the text
4.4. Reading comprehension questions
5. Multiple choice. Pediatric rehabilitation & recovery of children with
traumatic injuries
6. One step into grammar! Modal verbs
6.1. Filling gaps

UNIT 6. ORTHOPEDIC PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Orthopedic specialty area
1.1. Reading comprehension: Orthopedic specialty area
2. One step into grammar! Combining nouns
2.1. Translation
2.2. Grammar exercise
2.3. Grammar exercise
3. Reading and translation
4. The chartered society of physiotherapy
4.1. Let's read about how to avoid health risks
4.2. Filling the gaps
4.3. Writing
4.4. Vocabulary
5. Crossword. Bones in the human body

UNIT 7. WOMEN'S HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Warming up!
1.1. Vocabulary
1.2. Reading Comprehension: The role of physiotherapy in pre and
post natal care
1.2.1. Pre-reading questions
1.2.2. Comprehension questions
2. Translation
3. Matching sentences
4. Filling blanks with verbs
5. Filling blanks with nouns

UNIT 8. SPORTS PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Warming up!
2. Sports-specific warm up advice
2.1. Explaining the meaning
2.2. Matching the words with their definitions
2.3. Writing your opinion
3. The great outdoors: how a green exercise environment can benefit all
3.1. Reading comprehension: The great outdoors
3.1.1. Reading and summarizing
3.1.2. Grammar
4. One step into grammar! The passive voice
4.1. Passive voice exercise
4.2. Writing passive sentences
4.3. Transforming active sentences into passive
5. One step into grammar! Passive voice in reporting experiments
5.1. Supplying the passive sentences
6. Declining physical activity levels
6.1. Translating
6.2. Synonyms
6.3. Checking your understanding
6.4. Increasing your vocabulary
7. Green exercise and health
7.1. Summarising the main ideas of this text
7.2. Stating your opinion
8. Express your opinion!

UNIT 9. CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC PHYSIOTHERAPY
1. Warming up!
2. What Is electrotherapy?
2.1. Increasing your vocabulary
2.2. Reading comprehension
2.3. Explaining in your own words
3. Electrotherapy devices. Definitions
3.1. Asking questions about these electrotherapy devices
4. One step into grammar! Passive constructions with reporting verbs
4.1. Writing the passive forms
4.2. Writing passive voice sentences
4.3. Writing sentences using the passive voice with reporting verbs
5. Reading Comprehension: Electrotherapy
5.1. True or false
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A SHORT GLOSSARY OF TERMS RELATED TO PHYSIOTHERAPY