ESL Health Unit One:
The Doctor's Office

Content Overview
Intermediate Level

Health Focus

• Making appointments

• Using voicemail

• Describing pain/symptoms

• Talking with your Doctor (effective strategies)

• Describing your personal and family health history

• Knowing the services provided at your doctor’s office

Language Focus

• Vocabulary for describing: basic health services, feelings, pain/symptoms, parts of the body

• Making polite requests

• Intonation awareness (pronunciation)

• Using the simple past to tell stories

• Pronouncing –ed endings

• Asking for clarification

Cultural Focus

• Discussing differences in doctor’s office norms from culture to culture
• Communicating directly and openly with health care professionals

• Making polite requests