Scientific English is a section of academic English which refers to the study of scientific subjects like biology and chemistry rather than humanistic subjects such as history and literature. The teaching of Scientific English can be a demanding task for language teachers since it concerns not only the common instruction of linguistic aspects of the language but also imparting the knowledge of a specific scientific topic. The aim of this paper is to discuss a personal experience about the teaching of Scientific English in an Italian academic context and the assessment of productive skills, writing and speaking. The discussion concerns the activities that are suggested to the students to improve their abilities to speak and write in English at an academic level. The learners' task was basically to prepare an oral presentation and to write an abstract on a topic of their interest. The stimulation of personal interest was essential to increase motivation and participation to the activities since this training may undoubtedly have a practical use in academic and professional contexts. Specifically, the learners consisted of a group of medical students attending a post-graduate school whereas the teacher was an English instructor with a long experience of language teaching at university as well as a medical doctor, thus assuming the double role of linguistic and science expert. In the end, the learning experience was positive, stimulating, and constructive for the improvement of both language productive skills.