Teacher Notes
Level: B2 C1
Sector: medicine, nursing, other
Medical Area: symptoms, diseases and conditions, treatment and medication, other
Skill focus: reading, speaking, vocabulary
Aims
developing topic-specific vocabulary
reading for detail
Teaching notes and answer key
Part 1: vocabulary
Have students work in pairs to match the words and definitions.
Go through the answers as a class. Deal with any vocabulary queries.
Answers
1e 2f 3d 4g 5h 6a 7c 8b
Extension activity: pronunciation
Ask students to look at the words again. Model the pronunciation of each one and have students say each one aloud.
acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis
alveolar osteitis
dentate
edentulism
halitosis
smoker’s keratosis
stomatitis
Part 2: reading
Have students work individually to complete the activity and then compare their ideas with a partner.
Go through the answers as a class. You could elicit why the False statements are incorrect. Deal with any vocabulary queries.
Answers
1. True 2. False 3. True 4. False 5. False
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