Overview

This course introduces you to specialized language and communication skills necessary in dentistry and oral health. Throughout the modules, you will practice grammar, technical vocabulary, and real-life scenarios to improve your interaction in medical contexts. You will begin with the degrees of adjectives, vocabulary related to the oral cavity and dental instruments, and practical activities such as writing emails and exploring proverbs. You will also work on using superlatives and discussing common diagnoses, such as periodontal diseases, while structuring descriptive and contrastive texts.
The intermediate modules will cover relative and exclamatory pronouns, adverbs, and complex diagnoses such as pulpitis and pulp necrosis. Additionally, you will develop detailed descriptions and apply your knowledge in clinical cases. At the end of the course, you will apply verb tenses like the present and future in conversations, imaginary scenarios, and message analysis related to conditions such as cleft lip or prognathism. This will be complemented by proverbs that enrich your cultural understanding. This MOOC provides practical tools to interact with patients and medical teams in real-life scenarios, strengthening your confidence and enhancing your professional performance. Enroll now and expand your medical Spanish skills!

Syllabus

Module 1: The Dental Clinic
• Everyday vocabulary in the dental clinic
• Comparative adjectives
• Writing professional emails
• The dental surgeon’s medical team
• The oral cavity • Common sayings related to teeth ·

Module 2: Communication in the Dental Clinic
• Colloquial expressions
• Superlative adjectives: - Absolute - Relative - Irregular - With the “érrimo” ending - With prefixes (super, extra, ultra, archi) - Cultured forms
• The human dentition
• Halitosis (bad breath)
• Conversing via WhatsApp
• A proverb related to teeth

Module 3: Communication in the Dental Clinic
• Colloquial expressions
• Relative pronouns (that, who/whom, where)
• Spanish language comprehension
• Proverb: “A buen diente no hay pan duro” (“A good tooth worries not for stale bread”) ·

Module 4: Expression and Comprehension in the Dental Clinic
• Exclamatory pronouns: adverbial and adjectival
• Colloquial expressions
• Adverbs of manner ending in “-mente”
• Odontoma
• Spanish listening comprehension
• Monologue: “Por la boca muere el pez” (“From the mouth, the fish dies”)

Module 5: Talking About the Future with Colleagues
• Conversations among colleagues
• Cyclical present tense
• Simple future with regular verbs
• Using the simple future to: - Establish objectives - Make predictions or commitments - Propose assumptions or probabilities • Auditory and reading comprehension
• Proverb: “En boca cerrada no entran moscas” (“In a closed mouth, flies don’t enter”)

Module 6: Using the Future to Plan in the Clinic
• Simple future with irregular verbs
• Listening comprehension
• Reading comprehension
• Proverb: “Ojo por ojo, diente por diente” (“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”)