| Topic | Health, and Health systems compared. Be prepared for an emergency.Nutrition |
| Goals of the Class | Be prepared for an emergency. Know useful vocabulary related to health and use it. To know the differences of the health terms. Germany and USA. |
| Warm Up | Tell us about one of your hobbies. How did you get into this hobby? If you had more time, which hobby would you like to try? |
| Activity 1 | Brainstormingwhich parts of the body do you know?What diseases do you know? what is the most common disease of mankind? Followed by an Input of Important health vocabulary Hello, I would like to make an appointment. Pain: my stomach hurts/my knees hurt, headache, Being: having a cold, being dizzy, being sick, being injured Me: being nauseous (nausea), Have: Have fever, cold, cough.Dermatologist, ophthalmologist, cardiologist, family doctor. Health card, x-ray, ultrasound, blood test, urine test, a prescription, a prescription, pharmacy, pills, syrup, the creamfasting, discharge, vacation/dischargeheart surgery/appendicitis…..Body parts – vocabulary |
| Activity 2 | You are the doctor What would you do? Number the following sentences in order (1-8) Ask about the problemExamine the patientWrite a prescription Say goodbye. Greet the patient Make a diagnosis Recommend something Write a sick note to the patientYou have been in a car accident Make a list of the first 5 things you would do after you are in an accident? 1-5 |
| Activity 3 | Imagine you are in Germany and your friend gets sick.What would you do? Step 1,….Step 5You are alone in a foreign country, and you have a bad injury, how would you react? (Broken Arm) One person plays a doctor the other person plays a patient. |
| Activity 4 | Have your eating habits changed since you were a child? What would an average diet in the U.S. look like? What diets have you heard of, what do they consist of? How do you find the food in the dining hall? Healthy/unhealthy/sometimes healthy? Do you like the taste of it? Do you pay attention to what you eat? |
| What worked well in this class? What did not work (and how could it be improved)? | It was very important to discuss this topic with the students, as it is part of the basic vocabulary and knowledge of the German language. It is important to know and be prepared in an emergency in a foreign country. The students took the topic with a lot of joy and motivation. The topic of nutrition was also very interesting and many different opinions were expressed. Role plays are always a good way to make the class more exciting. The vocabulary worked very well and was incorporated directly into the role plays. Also positive to mention is that many students had different opinions on nutrition and there was an interesting discussion at the end of the hour. It is always good to introduce vocabulary that fits the topic in the lesson. This gives the students a starting point for the conversation. |
Tag: doctor
Language resident: Natalia Cano
Class theme/topic discussed: Health
Goal of the class: The students learn the basic vocabulary to survive in a Spanish-speaking country in case they get sick and have to go to the doctor.
Class structure:
Warm-up: Brainstorm: parts of the body and diseases
The students have 3 minutes to brainstorm about this topic.
Activity 1: Useful vocabulary
Hola, quiero pedir hora para una cita.
Doler: me duele el estómago/me duelen las rodillas
Estar: estar resfriado/a, mareado/a, enfermo/a, herido/a
Tener: tener fiebre, covid, tos.
Dermatólogo, oculista, cardiólogo
Tarjeta sanitaria, radiografía, ecografía, análisis de sangre, análisis de orina, una receta, una receta, farmacia, pastillas, jarabe, la crema
Ir en ayunas, la baja/el alta
Una operación de corazón/apendicitis
Activity 2: Situation
Juan tiene dolores abdominales desde hace unos días y tiene que ir al médico de cabecera para la revisión. Naima, su cuidadora, pide una cita y lo acompaña a la consulta.
The students have to come up with a theatrical situation with the following characters: Juan, Naima, the doctor.
The students show their theatrical piece to the rest of the students and, after that, I show the students one video with the actual situation and they ask question related to vocabulary.
Resources used:
What worked well? What did not work well?
This class went very well. The students had a lot of questions, so three activities were enough. They were very interested when I explained them cultural things as the ”tarjeta sanitaria europea” concept.