Talking
about health problems
OBJECTIVES :
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Use of the vocabulary of
illnesses, medicine
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Interact in a situation between
a doctor and a patient
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Write a class story using the
past about a person who had health problems. (it can be a fun story)
MATERIAL.
None
PROCEDURE
Step 1: I
will show up in class with a bandage
around my wrist and expect students to ask me: what’s the matter? (Vous avez un
problème à la main, Madame?) or any question that can introduce them smoothly
to the lesson.
Step 2 :
Students will have to study all the vocabulary they have in their textbook
about health problems: se blesser à la tete, se casser la jambe, se bruler, ec.
The vocabulary will have to be contextualized. (the vocabulary in the textbook
Discovering French is unfortunately not in context. It is meant to be learnt in
isolation)
Step 3: Students
read a dialogue in which one boy tells his friend about the health problems he
is suffering from. Students should answer later comprehension questions about
the dialogue.
Step 4 :
Students, in pairs, look at some pictures they have in the textbook and choose
one person who has some kind of an illness and write a parallel dialogue.
Step 5:
Now it is the students’ turn to show understanding of the vocabulary they have
learned. They will be shown a card with the name of an illness written on it,
and by acting out, their peers will have to guess what the illness is.
Step 6 :
As a follow up, students will have to tell a story of a person who had been
suffering from many illnesses. Each student has to give a sentence. the use of
cohesive devices is a must.
Assessment: This task is very appropriate to beginners and intermediates of
any language. It is very efficient as it engages students in retaining
vocabulary through acting it.