This lesson teaches the language used to describe injuries. It includes vocabulary, speaking, reading and writing activities.
B1 level
● Topic: describing injuries
● Timing: 30-45 minutes
● Lesson Type/Focus: speaking, reading, vocabulary and writing
● Speaking: discuss and review language to describe injuries
● Reading: identify vocabulary, read for specific information
● Vocabulary: identify medical and everyday language for common injuries
● Writing: practise organising and presenting information
The focus of the lesson is describing injuries. The speaking activity introduces the topic and gives students the opportunity to share their ideas and experience. The reading activity contextualises some of this language and practises identifying vocabulary and reading for specific information. The vocabulary activity reviews medical and everyday terms. The writing activity uses language from the lesson and students’ own knowledge to produce a piece of patient-centred writing.
Note: This lesson also supports the language introduced in the following:
● Course: English for Nurses: Getting the Essentials Right
● Unit: Falls and injuries
● Module: ‘Falls and injuries’ pages 12 and 13
Put students into pairs or small groups and ask them to discuss questions 1–3 on the student worksheet. Encourage them to share examples from their own experience.
Do whole class feedback to discuss and share answers.
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