Reading skill: Dealing with new words


Go through the information in the box. Make it clear to students that in the majority of cases you can still understand the whole sentence, even if there is, for instance, one word you don’t understand. You can either guess the meaning, or predict the meaning by looking at the rest of the sentences or the information coming before or after the sentence.


You can teach students the following steps to find out what type of word it is, which might help them find out its meaning. Draw this flow chart on the board and use it to illustrate the technique.


START Yes Is it a noun? No Is it a verb? No Is it an adjective? No Is it an adverb?


Answers lifelong


equipment certification geriatrics shifts


night shifts on-call options prefer retake


nurse practitioner Yes Which verb does it refer to?


adjective noun noun noun noun noun


adverb noun verb verb noun


clinical nurse specialist noun nurse anaesthetist nurse-midwife


noun noun


B Play all three conversations without pausing. Elicit


the answers to the matching track. Let students explain to what extent their own conversations were different or similar. Let pairs of students present their own conversations.


Answers 1b, 2a, 3c


Yes Which noun does it refer to?


Yes


Is it the subject?


Yes


What is the subject?


No Which


object/extra information does it refer to?


English in action: Suggesting improvements


Suggest improvements Understand and practise verbs Use polite language (3) Use and pronounce short forms of verbs (2)


Introduction Focus on the subheading. Ask students what polite language they might use when suggesting ideas to a manager. They should know Good morning, etc., please and thank you, and perhaps a few others. Point out that they are going to look at a lot of other sentences and phrases in this lesson.


A


Tell students they are going to listen to three conversations. They are all connected with people suggesting interesting ideas. Looking at the illustrations, ask for some ideas about the content before playing the recording in the next exercise. Do not confirm or correct.


1. Students guess the roles of the people involved by looking at the pictures and combining the words. Compare and check.


2. Students plan and prepare each of the conversations. They can make notes. They need to begin and end with the phrases underneath the pictures.


3. When students have finished, they choose the conversation they think they’ll do best/like best and practise it. Ask some pairs to perform in class.


Answers 1.


In all conversations, there are two roles: one of the boss/manager/head of department, and the other of the assistant. Picture a: head nurse and oncology nurse Picture b: medical centre manager and a GP Picture c: care home manager and entertainment organizer


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