Unit 10: I don t feel very well 10 1 The story: We meet Clire, phrmist, nd Greg, ustomer t the phrmy. Greg initilly goes to the phrmy to get something for hedhe, ut then he flls for Clire nd goes k repetedly liming to hve other helth prolems. 1 I need something for hedhe Aim: Lerners will e le to sk for something for hedhe. Grmmr: Lexis: medil jos, lexis to desrie how you feel Fous lerners ttention on the title of this setion nd point out the struture. Then hve lerners look t the photo nd tik the right nswers. Be sure to model the pronunition of the items,, mediine nd. Key: 1 phrmist 2 phrmy 3 plsters, mediine Lerners red the question nd the options, nd then listen to the reording nd tik the orret nswer. Key: He doesn t feel well. Lerners n work in pirs to red the phrses from the onverstion nd mth. Then ply the reording gin to hek. Key: 1 2 3 4d d In this step lerners role-ply the dilogue from 1. You ould model the pronunition of enough,,, serious nd should efore lerners egin. Note tht should is overed in detil in Setion 2. Lerners red the tpesript first, nd then, to develop flueny, try the role-ply using the phrses in 1 for support. You ould hve pirs t for the lss if they enjoy this. Unit 10 109
10 1 2 Wht should I do for old? Aim: Grmmr: Lexis: Lerners will e le to find si dvie on ommon illnesses nd informtion out mediine on wesite. helth prolems nd remedies Lerners disuss the question in pirs. Then, in plenry, invite them to shre other wys they get dvie when they don t feel well. Now drw ttention to the wesite whih hs dvie for some ommon helth prolems. As lerners red, they n lel the photos round the text nd then hek with prtner. Note tht the definite / indefinite rtile is used here with the helth prolems s this is more typil in interntionl English: the flu,. When heking in plenry, model nd drill pronunition of, ough,,, nd (one syllle). Key: 1 hedhe 2 ough 3 sore throt 4 stomh he 5 khe 6 fever 7 loked nose This sorting exerise fouses on the lexis ontined in the text. Chek in plenry. You might wnt to model pronunition of,, ough,, nd. Lnguge info: The English word serious nd the Germn word seriös re flse friends. mens Es ist nd is in Germn. Key: dvie you should rest, drink lot of wter or te, tke vitmin C, try stem inhltion, sty t home, see your dotor, try yog or swimming, hve mssge, use hot / old pks. You shouldn t drink lohol, smoke, do ny sport, et ftty or spiy food, sit for too long. mediine ough syrup, nose spry, spirin, pinkillers d Lerners red the questions, listen gin to the onverstion from 1, nd nswer with prtner. After heking in plenry, refer lerners to the grmmr item should / for giving dvie. Key: He hs hedhe. He should drink more wter nd tke spirin. 110 Unit 10
e Lerners n now prtise giving nd sking for dvie. If you think it s neessry, you ould first look k t the wesite in 2 nd sk lerners to give you dvie using the mind mps (not reding from the text): Eliit one or two ides then let lerners prtise in pirs. 10 1 Further prtie:, Unit 10, Ativity 1 Helth rossword puzzle 3 Tke one tlet twie dy Aim: Lerners will e le to find si informtion out mediine on lel or pkge insert (leflet) nd tlk out whih mediine they tke for ommon helth prolems. Grmmr: Lexis: types of mediine nd doses This is quik introdution to the topi of tking mediine nd shouldn t get too omplited. Lerners tlk out their hits in pirs useful lnguge here might e nd the dvers of frequeny. Drw lerners ttention to the leflet for the StoMed nd sk them to red nd nswer the questions individully. Chek in plenry. Key: 1 stomh he 2 one tlet every six hours Lerners identify the nmes of the mediines nd write their nswers under the pitures. Chek in plenry. Key: 1 rem 2 ough syrup 3 tlets 4 er drops 5 nose spry d Lerners work in pirs nd mth the instrutions to the mediine from 3. Point out tht we sy When heking, enourge lerners to use full sentenes with should or the impertive form. Key: 1 2 3d 4e 5 Unit 10 111
10 1 e f g h Explin tht lerners will her five people with different helth prolems. Puse the reording fter eh one so tht lerners hve time to disuss the right mediine nd doses from 3 nd 3d, nd to formulte their nswers (using the seond person singulr). Eliit dvie for eh prolem efore plying the next sitution. Key: (possile nswers) 1 tlets (pinkillers) 2 ough syrup 3 rem, tlets (pinkillers) 4 er drops 5 nose spry This simple listening returns to the story of Greg nd Clire nd prepres lerners to her out nother helth prolem. Strong groups n do Steps 3f nd 3g t the sme time, listening the first time without reding the questions in 3g. Then red nd disuss in pirs efore listening gin. Key: phrmist nd ustomer Lerners red the six questions nd nswer in pirs. Then ply the reording gin to hek. Chek riefly in plenry. Key: 1 He hs stomh he. 2 He hd fish nd hips nd some whisky. 3 StoMed 4 every six hours 5 the smll one with 12 tlets 6 lifestyle questionnire Wrp up this setion y hving lerners work in pirs or groups to ompre their hits when they re ill. They might lso like to disuss Clire s dvie nd whether they gree with it. Collet feedk riefly in plenry. 112 Unit 10
4 How s your work-life lne? 10 1 Aim: Grmmr: Lexis: Lerners will e le to omplete simple questionnire out lifestyle, disuss the results, nd sk nd nswer other questions out lifestyle. helthy / unhelthy lifestyle hits Lerners work in pirs or smll groups to disuss this question s n introdution to the topi of lifestyle nd work-life lne. Lerners work individully to red nd omplete the lifestyle questionnire. Mke sure they lulte their results t the end efore ompring their results nd nswers with prtner. Lnguge info: The word ill is used in British English to express tht someone hs helth prolem. The Amerin English word is. In British English, however, hs onnottions of stomh prolems. d e f Invite lerners to sy whether their prtners hve helthy lifestyle nd to give n exmple to support their nswer. Fous lerners ttention on nd Ask them to underline exmples in the questionnire. Then show them the two rds: nd Help lerners identify the rule out ountle nd unountle nouns, nd then fous on the possile nswers to these questions in the grmmr element on the left. In pirs, lerners write two more questions like in the questionnire. Eh lerner writes one of the questions on rd or piee of pper. Lerners mingle nd sk their lssmtes the dditionl question. Collet feedk in plenry, inviting nswers from ll lerners. This is the finl prt of the story with Greg nd Clire. Lerners red the sttements first, nd then listen to the reording nd tik wht s true. Key: True: 1, 3, 4 Further prtie:, Unit 10, Ativity 2 Helthy food for hppy life Unit 10 113
10 1 5 Drink onion juie with honey Aim: Lerners will e le to understnd n Internet helth forum, write forum entry, nd tlk out nturl nd trditionl remedies. Grmmr: Lexis: lexis for simple trditionl remedies; You ould led in y fousing on the rtoon. Eliit the mening of hurts. Do lerners go to dotor for this prolem? Then lerners tlk out when they do / don t go to the dotor. Fous lerners on the helth forum. Lerners mth the dvie to eh prolem nd hek with prtner. Collet feedk in plenry. Key: You shouldn t drink offee fter 4 p.m; You need er drops. Go nd see your dotor; Hve hot th fter you ply; A glss of milk helps. d Lerners disuss in smll groups wht they think the rziest dvie on the forum is. Then rinstorm ny more dvie rzy or helpful for eh prolem to dd to the forum. Collet feedk on the ord in plenry. In this step, lerners swp trditionl ides for typil helth prolems, following the exmples in the ook. Help with voulry, ut keep it simple, using known lexis where possile. Extension tivity: You ould put lerners in groups nd suggest they tke turns plying the role of hypohondris. The other group memers give them dvie. 114 Unit 10
Tsk: Go for it! Get well soon! 10 1 Aim: Lerners ply gme sking for nd giving dvie for different helth prolems. Grmmr: Lexis: Hve lerners fous on the photos nd using the exmple, disuss dvie for the different situtions with prtner. Key: Lis should wer sun rem; Dn nd Lynn shouldn t smoke; Jim shouldn t et so muh junk food, he should do more sport; Leo shouldn t work so mny hours. He should go home nd relx. Divide the lss so tht you hve out three medil experts for eh ptient. Hve the medil experts work in one group, nd the ptients in nother group. To prepre, give out rds or piees of pper nd hve ptients nd medil experts follow the instrutions for their group in the ook. Ptients eh need four rds with helth prolems. The experts eh need four rds with dvie. Remind lerners to use the ides in the unit to help them. You ould hve lerners rete lists rther thn write on rds, if you prefer. It lso doesn t mtter if multiple lerners use the sme ides on their rds. There re more rds t www.hueer.de/go-for-it d e Mke new groups with one ptient nd three experts. The ptient reds out prolem nd eh expert selets n dvie rd. There is no right or wrong nswer: the ptient selets the nswer he or she finds funniest / most interesting / est for the prolem nd reds it out. The expert who plyed tht rd wins the helth prolem rd nd one point. Now the ptient reds nother rd out nd one gin the experts try to find the est dvie for tht prolem in their hnd of dvie rds. As with the previous helth prolem, the ptient hooses the est, funniest, most interesting nswer nd gives the helth prolem rd to tht expert. Unit 10 115
10 1 The winner is the expert with the most points t the end of the round. The round finishes when the ptient hs dvie for ll the helth prolems. Lerners n hnge rds nd roles nd ply gin. Video: Video nd worksheets for Unit 10 www.hueer.de/go-for-it 116 Unit 10