Lesson 11

Visiting the Doctor

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Visual aides for Lesson 11
Objective: To be able to tell the doctor about health problems.

Dialog:

Doctor: How are you feeling today?
Patient: Not so good.
Doctor: What is the matter?
Patient: I have a sore throat.
Doctor: Let me see. Open your mouth. Do you have a fever?
Patient: No, I don't think so.

Practice 1: Command Sequence

Touch yourarm.
throat.
ankle.
knee.
leg.

Practice 2: Vocabulary Expansion

I have a sorethroat.
leg.
arm.
ankle.
knee.

Practice 3: Question-Response

What is the matter? I have a sorethroat.
leg.
ankle.
knee.
arm.

Practice 4: Recognize and Write

The teacher touches a part of the body and the students write the name of it. The parts should be limited to these presented above.

Practice 5: Command-Response

Touch yourhead.
stomach.
ear.
back.

Practice 6: Vocabulary Expansion

I have atoothache.
headache.
stomachache.
earache.
backache.

Practice 7: Vocabulary Expansion

What is the problem? I have aheadache.
toothache.
stomachache.
backache.
earache.

Practice 8: Recognize and Write

The teacher touches a part of the body and the students write the name of it.

Practice 9: Vocabulary Expansion

I have acough. Do you have acough?
fever.fever?
cold.cold?

Practice 10: Command Sequence

Let's see. Open your mouth.
Say "ah".
Move your fingers.
Move your toes.
Bend your knee.
Bend your elbow.

Practice 11: Question-Response

How are you feeling today? Not so good.
So-so.
Not very good.

Practice 12: Role Play

A. How are you feeling today?
B. Not so good.
A. What is the matter?
B. I have a __________.
A. Let me see. __________.

Practice 13: Command Sequence

Touch yourneck.
chest.
back.
leg.

Practice 14: Vocabulary Expansion

I have a pain in mychest.
neck.
back.
leg.

Practice 15: Label the Parts