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I completed my CELTA course on Friday (May 30) and during my last teaching practice session, I was offered a job teaching ESL to foreign employees of a large hospital chain in my area. Good News - I got a job - Bad News - I don't have any medical/hospital related lesson plans or training aids. Does anyone anywhere have or know where I can lay my hands on ESL lesson plans targeted towards hospital/health care workers. Any assistance and/or advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a million, Krytonite.

It really depends on what level you will be teaching. Most basic ESL texts have information about body parts, making appointments with doctors, telephone conversations with receptionists. Of course, these are all from the perspective of the patient and not the doctor/nurse/healthcare professional.
I think you'll have to be get more creative in some areas.
Why don't you get hold of the hospital's mission statement and other written material their employees are required to know, and start from there? Vocabulary building can be one of your starter lessons.

I came across a book titled, "English for medicine" for low-intermediate learners. Its published by Cambridge UP. You might want to check out their website.

Dear Krytonite:

Check the following link, it has a lot of interesting material related to health care. I particularly recommend the 'interactive' section.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/

Please let me know if it's of use to you.

the best of luck,


Alfredo