
A Year to Celebrate: Thank You for Being Part of Our 2025 Journey
As 2025 comes to a close, we’ve been reflecting on what has truly been an inspiring and rewarding year for Specialist Language Courses. It has
In this lesson students learn key language related to Parkinson’s disease and its symptoms. It includes speaking, vocabulary, and reading activities.
Level: B1
Topic: Parkinson’s disease
Timing: 30–50 minutes
Lesson Type/Focus: speaking, vocabulary and reading
Speaking: discuss Parkinson’s disease, practise a carer-patient conversation
Vocabulary: review and practise language for Parkinson’s disease
Reading: read for specific information
Overview:
The focus of this lesson is talking about Parkinson’s disease and some key symptoms. The speaking activity introduces the topic and gives students the opportunity to share their ideas and experience. The vocabulary activity introduces/reviews key vocabulary. The reading activity practises the language which students use in the final speaking activity.
Note: This lesson supports the language introduced in the following:
● Course: English for Care
● Unit: Caring for the elderly
● Module: ‘Parkinson’s disease’ pages 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10

As 2025 comes to a close, we’ve been reflecting on what has truly been an inspiring and rewarding year for Specialist Language Courses. It has

We are proud to announce the development of a new OET preparation course for all Professions, designed for healthcare professionals preparing for OET in: Dentistry,

We’re delighted to have been commissioned to provide an online ESOL programme for refugee and migrant learners by the South East Strategic Partnership for Migration
We have many more available on our partner’s website. EALTHY is a unique international association for English for Healthcare teachers, writers & researchers. It offers members a growing bank of lesson plans, OET resources, articles and research summaries, as well as free and discounted access to conferences, journals, publications and SLC courses!
Get your monthly updates and latest materials on Medical English
Get 5% off on our NEW course - OET 1:1 Coaching + Online Preparation for all professionals
