ESL Health Unit Four:
Healthy Aging

Content Overview
Intermediate Level

Health Focus

• Knowing the warning signs of poor nutritional health and what you can do to improve your diet

• The food pyramid for older adults

• Understand the benefits of exercising and learn about ways to safely increase activity level

• Knowing the warning signs of stress and depression and what you can do to manage stress and stay healthy

Language Focus

• Vocabulary for describing eating habits, cooking terms, measurements, physical activity, feelings of stress and depression
• Using the phrases “used to”, “be used to”, and “get used to” to compare the past to the present
• Using quantifiers to talk about food
• Using gerunds and infinitives
• Using stress to distinguish the pronunciation of “can” and “can’t”
• Using the phrases “both”, “too”, “so”, “either” and “neither” to describe and compare habits/preferences

Cultural Focus

• Making ethnic recipes more nutritious and heart healthy
• Talk about how stress and depression are understood and treated in different cultures