Explaining Care Clearly

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 3 minHealthcare EnglishLesson 3 of 5 · Outline

Aims

Explain a routine procedure in plain English, check the patient really understood, and reassure without promising

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Make Sure They Really Understood

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Framework6 min

    Framework: Say, Show, Check

    Say – Show – Check, 3 steps

  2. Reading10 min

    Reading: Two Ways to Explain the Same Thing

    Read a 269-word text about Two Ways to Explain the Same Thing

  3. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Explaining and Reassuring

    8 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build the Explanation

    Word-ordering exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Make the Explanation Clearer

    Error-correction exercise, 7 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Explaining Before an Operation

    Role-play: A patient is nervous the evening before a planned operation and wants to know what happens next (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: When Explanations Fail

    4 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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