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Intermediate ESL Health Units
Unit Four -
Healthy Aging
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Unit Four -
Healthy Aging
The main focus of this unit is how to maintain a healthy lifestyle through good nutrition, exercise and stress management. This unit contains quizzes to test your learner’s knowledge of these topics, a food pyramid for elders, exercise tips for elders, and information on common causes of stress.
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a Tutor’s Guide for this unit, which provides advice about teaching rhythm, an important part of pronunciation which can make your learner’s English more intelligible. The guide also discusses myths about aging which may prevent older adults from making changes in their lifestyle.
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Listening and Speaking Practice, and Real Practice modules?
Lesson One - Nutrition
This lesson discusses nutrition for elders. It offers a food pyramid for elders, a quiz to check if your learner is eating properly, and it also addresses factors which may prevent older adults from having a nutritious diet.
Reading and Writing Practice 
Listening and Speaking Practice
Real Practice
Lesson Two - Exercise
In this lesson you will find information on various kinds of exercise – including Tai Chi (a traditional Chinese exercise), a fitness quiz, and important tips about exercise.
Reading and Writing Practice
Listening and Speaking Practice
Real Practice
Lesson Three - Managing Stress
This lesson contains information on situations that may create stress and suggestions for managing stress. Activities include quizzes to test your learner’s stress level and reading selections on how other elders manage stress.
Reading and Writing Practice
Listening and Speaking Practice
Real Practice
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