Speaking Lesson: Doctor's Appointment
A2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a role-play in the context of an appointment with the doctor.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review and practice of language used in inquiring about and explaining health issues in the context of an appointment with the doctor.
Procedure (45-54 minutes)
T plays short video of a doctor and patient to set context. T elicits context and answers to these questions: What health problem did the woman have? [asthma] Was the medicine working? Why not? [she was using it wrongly] There was something the woman said to the doctor that wasn't nice. What was it? ['Do I look like an idiot?'] Do we usually talk like that to doctors? [No]
T elicits and writes ideas of the content of conversations with doctors on WB (age, ailment, duration, etc). T distributes slips and Ss are grouped as doctors and patients. Ss get 2 minutes to refer to the ideas on the board and prepare what they are going to say to their partner. Ss do role-play in pairs. (T monitors and collects errors) ICQs: Will you prepare your list together or alone? [alone] Should you act like a real doctor? [Yes!] Should you act like you're really ill? [Yes!] T corrects errors with WC.
T distributes HO 1, asks Ss to fold it in half and Ss work in groups to decide what is wrong with Part 1. HO 1 is displayed on WB and T quickly elicits reasons why Part 1 is inappropriate. ICQs: Will you work in pairs or with your groups? [In groups] Will you write or discuss? [Discuss] How much time do you have? [2 minutes] Ss exchange their doctor/patient slips with their partners to reverse roles. Ss use part 2 in HO 2 to do role-play in pairs. ICQs: Will you use part 1 or part 2? [Part 2] T corrects form/meaning/pronunciation errors with WC.
T makes 2 vertical rows of chairs/makes Ss stand. Ss sit on any chair/stand and T distributes role-cards. Ss get 2 minutes to prepare for the role-play. ICQs: Will you talk to the person next to you or in front of you? [in front] Will you think about what you're going to say or discuss? [Think] Ss perform the role play in pairs. Ss swap cards with someone in their row with a card of a different color. Ss re-arrange themselves to face a partner with the same colored card. Then Ss exchange cards with their partners so their roles are reversed. Ss take 2 minutes to prepare for their new role. Ss do role-play in pairs. T collects errors and writes them on WB, wraps up activity.
T goes through errors on WB and corrects pronunciation and form. Focus on: 1) intonation - drill /backchain 2) stress patterns - mark stress / drill 3) pronunciation - model weak forms / correct pronunciation / drill 4) wrong word order WCFB