Yuni & Yilmin's medical knowledge of common illness

http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/adultesol/LiteracyFoundations/Health/07.02.pdf

Age: Adults
Proficiency: Intermediate
Institutional Context: EFL

This activity focuses on knowledge of common illness which is necessary to request medical attention. The goal of this task is to help students identify basic illnesses and use appropriate expressions in a certain medical situation.

1. Review parts of the body and introduce vocabulary by modeling "My _____hurts." or " I have a ____.

2. Show pictures of each vocabulary word. Point to each picture saying "He/She has a ______." or "He/She is ______." Student repeat

3. Quiz students as a group by randomly pointing to random pictures.

4. Have students separate word and picture cards. Call out vocabulary words and have students hold up corresponding word or picture card.

5. Divide the class into 2 teams and let students draw picture of vocabulary. Teams identify the vocabulary word, spell it and write it on the board.

For the advanced level learners, we teach them more advanced medical terms (i.e., diarrhea, constipated, depressed, vomiting, and rash) using the same pattern of the activity.

In the context of ESL, we can provide a variety of generic drug names that they can actually use in the pharmacy conversations at the practical level.