Lesson 1: Effective Communication in the Hospital Industry

Objective:
 Develop effective communication skills for healthcare professionals in a hospital
setting.
 Enhance vocabulary related to hospital procedures, patient care, and medical
terminology.
 Practice reading for basic information and comprehension.
 Improve listening skills for understanding and responding in workplace
conversations.
 Use appropriate language structures and tenses (Simple Present and Present
Continuous) in oral and written communication.
Language Focus:
1. Vocabulary Enhancement:
 Introduce and practice vocabulary related to hospital procedures, patient care,
and medical terminology.
 Teach specific terms and expressions related to daily routines and work
activities in a healthcare setting.
2. Reading Comprehension:
 Provide short informal letters and dialogues as comprehension passages.
 Teach reading strategies to extract basic information from the texts and
understand the context.
 Practice answering comprehension questions related to the passages.
3. Listening Skills:
 Provide short workplace-related conversations, simple meeting proceedings, and
formal/informal conversations.
 Engage students in listening activities to grasp the main ideas, understand
language structures, and identify important details.
4. Grammar Focus: Simple Present Tense (30 minutes):
 Introduce the Simple Present tense and its usage in the hospital industry.
 Teach the formation of positive, negative, and interrogative sentences using the
Simple Present tense.
 Provide examples and practice exercises for students to reinforce their
understanding.
 5. Speaking Tasks: Explaining Daily Routines as a Worker (40 minutes):
 Assign speaking tasks where students explain their daily routines and work
activities as healthcare professionals.
 Encourage students to use the Simple Present tense appropriately in their
explanations.
 Incorporate role-plays, dialogues, and conversations to simulate workplace
scenarios.
6. Written Communication: Informal Letters (40 minutes):
 Introduce the format and structure of informal letters used in workplace
communication.
 Teach students how to use the Simple Present tense in informal letter writing.
 Provide writing prompts and practice exercises for students to compose informal
letters related to workplace communication.
7. Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Techniques (30 minutes):
 Discuss the importance of using sequence markers, politeness markers, fillers,
tone, gestures, and other non-verbal techniques in effective communication.
 Teach students appropriate usage of these techniques in various workplace
situations.
 Engage students in role-plays and interactive activities to practice using these
communication techniques.
Activity Summary:
1. Warm-up activity: Discussion about daily routines and work activities (10
minutes)
2. Vocabulary Enhancement: Introduction and practice of healthcare-related
vocabulary (15 minutes)
3. Reading Comprehension: Reading and comprehension exercises of informal
letters and dialogues (20 minutes)
4. Listening Skills: Listening to workplace-related conversations and identifying
main ideas and details (20 minutes)
5. Grammar Focus: Teaching the Simple Present tense and practicing sentence
formation (30 minutes)
6. Speaking Tasks: Explaining daily routines as healthcare professionals through
role-plays and conversations (40 minutes)
7. Written Communication: Introducing the format of informal letters and
practicing letter writing (40 minutes)
8. Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Techniques: Teaching and practicing
effective communication techniques (30 minutes)