Speaking with Healthcare Professionals #2

Objectives:

• The learner will compose a simple four-line dialogue using healthcare vocabulary with emphasis on the verbs "hurt," feel," "be," and "have," the adjectives "sore," "sick," "dizzy," "nauseous," and the nouns "pain" and "symptoms."

• The learner will provide an original response to the question, "What's the matter?" "How are you feeling?" and "What symptoms do you have?"

Duration:

     2 hours

Materials:

• Body parts flash cards

• Enchanted Learning or Specialized English Web sites 

• Verb Conjugation sheet

Activities:

1. Teacher conducts grammar review by asking for definitions of a verb, a noun and an adjective and an adverb.

2. Teacher reviews present and past forms of the verbs "hurt," feel," "be," and "have."

3. Teacher reviews definition of the adjectives "sore," "sick, dizzy," "nauseous," and the nouns "pain" and "symptoms."

4. Learners independently review names of body parts using Enchanted Learning or Specialized English Web sites.

5. Teacher conducts drill of body parts using body parts flash cards.

6. Paired learners match verbs with adjectives and nouns in as many combinations as possible on a sheet of paper.

7. Learners compare responses with each other by exchanging papers; one learner from each pair writes three combinations on the board.

8. Teacher conducts response drill using the questions "What's the matter?" and "How are you feeling?" Learners respond either with a statement of their own or with one from the board.  

9. Paired learners write an original dialogue using lesson vocabulary, adjectives and nouns.

10. Learners share dialogues, making corrections as necessary.

11. Teacher conducts final drill using body part flash cards.

Assessment:

Teacher monitors oral and written responses, meets with each learner pair to evaluate written work.