Med Eng Sample

Ch eol Soo

and Su Ni

Stu dy M edic in e! A Me dic al Engl ish Bo ok fo r Ajo u Unive rsity N ur sing Stud ents by C. Bru ce Lawr ence

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Preface The premise for this book begins with an ‘English for Nursing’ course offered at Ajou University in Suwon, S. Korea. This book was developed from a need for medial English books designed for English as a foreign Language (EFL) students. Most EFL books are for basic conversation or for tests like TOEIC and TOEFL. So, the need was there for an EFL book for nursing students. The format of the book is three fold. The beginning of each chapter has a section involving basic EFL functions which such as “introducing yourself”, “giving directions” or “following instructions”. There is a sample dialogue, a display of the language involved including discourse, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, and an interactive activity. Each activity is followed by a lesson plan for the teacher’s use. Some activities involve cards in which case there is only two activities related directly to nursing and medicine. Again, these activities are followed by a lesson plan of the teacher’s use. Each chapter ends with a question following the format of the Test of Spoken English (TSE) which is the English part of the testing process to become a registered medical professional in Canada. The new TOEIC test also has a spoken section similar to the TSE. The characters in the book are four: Cheol Soo and Sun Ni, and Dick and Jane. Dick and Jane are the stereotypic characters found in all elementary school readers in North America. Cheol Soo and Su Ni are the stereotypic characters found in all elementary school readers in Korea. So the characters should be familiar to students and teachers alike. I hope you enjoy Cheol Soo and Su Ni Study Medicine, and if you have any suggestions or comments please contact me at [email protected].

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Table of Contents 1. Introducing Yourself (1) Business Cards, Classmate Interview Sheet, Ajou Human Bingo TSE Homework: Introduce yourself 2. Asking for Information (11) Just Asking, Ajou Hospital Admission, Travel in Korea TSE Homework: Giving information about your hometown 3. Describing Things (27) Describing Things, Medical Vocabulary & Vocations, Illnesses TSE Homework: Describe your room/office 4. Describing Locations (38) Prepositions, Where is Ajou University, Shelves TSE Homework: Describe this picture 5. Making Requests (49) Would you mind, Making a doctor’s appointment, Go Fish TSE Homework: Refusing requests. Review and Consolidation: Review Game: Cheol Soo and Su Ni’s Sick Day! 6. Giving Instructions (60) How does it Work? Pin the Tail, Medical Stations TSE Homework: Give instructions on how to use a bank machine 7. Giving Opinions (69) Matching Opinions, Debates, Medical Opinions TSE Homework: What is your opinion on euthanasia? 8. Comparing Things (80) Comparisons, 20 Questions, Medical Comparisons, TSE Homework: Comparing two things 9. Making Predictions (89) Prediction Survey, Palm Reading, The Future of Medicine TSE Homework: What will the future be like in 100 years? 10. Advanced Body Parts (97) Body Parts, Muscles, Skeleton, Finger Twister TSE Homework: Describe and accident Review and Consolidation: Review Game: Bingo! Appendices (120) iii

1. Introductory Exercises

Dick: Su Ni: Dick: Su Ni: Dick: Su Ni: Dick: Su Ni: Dick: Su Ni: Dick: Su Ni: Dick: Su Ni: Dick: Su Ni:

Hello. I’m Richard Head. Nice to meet you. My name’s Su Ni Park. Glad to meet you Su Ni. Where are you from? I’m from Busan, but I’m living in Suwon now. How about you? I’m from Houston. So, what do you do, Su Ni? I’m studying nursing, and you? I’m an exchange student studying law. I want to work in international trade. How do you like Suwon? I like it. It’s small, but very nice. Have you been to Suwon Castle? Yes I have. I went last weekend with my Korean class. Are you studying Korean? Yes, it’s really tough. How about you? Are you studying English? Yes, I am. It’s tough, isn’t it? It sure is!

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Discourse: High: I am fine. Thank you for asking. How are you? Mid: I’m fine. How about you? Low: Fine! You? Grammar: QUESTION: HAVE YOU (EVER) + PRESENT PERFECT Have you been to Suwon Castle? ANSWER: PP + HAVE/HAVEN’T/HAVE NEVER NOT HAVE EVER (ONLY QUESTIONS) Yes, I have… / No I haven’t… / No I have never… STORY: PAST TENSE I went there last weekend. I’m studying… NOUN/GERUND nursing law medicine Vocabulary: primary school elementary school secondary school high school college university

INFINITIVE to be a nurse to be a lawyer to be a doctor

great fine good OK so-so not so good

medicine nursing law anthropology linguistics sociology

Pronunciation: tough/top [^/a] [f/p] How have you been? “How ya bin?” [reduction] How about you? “How about chu?” [linking]

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Business Cards A Powerpoint

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Business Cards B Powerpoint

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Business Cards Lesson Plan (LP)

Objectives: Question formation, Icebreaking Level: any level Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Business Cards A and B Set up: pair work; copy one set for each pair A and B Warm up: Do you have a business card? How do you exchange business cards? Is it OK to ask questions about someone’s business card? Teaching: What’s your name? Where are you from? Where do you live? What do you do? What are your hobbies? What languages can you speak? Instructions: Get into pairs. One of you look at student A, the other looks at Student B. Take turns asking questions about the missing information. For example, look at Student A, “I’m a …” How do you ask Student B that question? “What are you?” or “What is she?” or “What does she do?” Fill in all the missing information, and then ask each other about your real business cards Wrap up: What is your partner’s name? What are her hobbies? Homework: Easy: Write down the names of three students. Difficult: Write a profile of the students that you met.

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