English III · A1.3. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students planning together on campus, with the flag of Canada, autumn maple leaves, mountains and Toronto.
English III · Lesson 4 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 3 (My recipe): your product, your glossary and «I can use imperatives for instructions.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Appointments + need to with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can make a medical appointment by phone or email.

Puedo pedir una cita médica por teléfono o correo.

Open the URA of Lesson 4 · I PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the I PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Appointments + need to

I need to see a doctor. Could I make an appointment? Dates: on Tuesday the 14th at 10:30. Answer: Is 3 p.m. OK? · That's fine.

PatientReceptionist
I need to see a doctor.What's the problem?
Could I make an appointment for Monday?Is 9:15 OK?
Do I need to bring anything?Your health card, please.
Can I change my appointment?Of course. When are you free?
En español

«Need to + verbo» = necesitar hacer algo. En Canadá hay «walk-in clinics» (sin cita) y «family doctors» (médico de familia). Usa siempre datos ficticios.

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Comunicativa, about appointments, dates and times, need to. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Open SofIA for Lesson 4 · I PAC

Your career, your examples

I PAC · January – MayHolidayMonday, February 15Canada (several provinces)

Cultural Corner · Family Day

This week: Family Day is a holiday in some provinces. Is the clinic open? Write a call to make an appointment.

Alberta started Family Day in 1990. Last year, many families went skating. Next year they are going to celebrate again.

Key words

  • family familia
  • holiday feriado
  • winter invierno

Fact

It is the third Monday in February in several provinces. It gives a long weekend in winter.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Family time and mental health.
  • Engineering & technology: Winter sports equipment.
  • Business & economics: Work-life balance laws.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Family traditions.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Outdoor winter activities.
Mirror Honduras. Is there a family day in Honduras? What did your family do last holiday?

Official source

Mission: Find 2 provinces with Family Day. Write them.

Cultural competency: I can say what Family Day is (Monday, February 15), use Appointments + need to to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my I PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

need to + verb = necesitar + verbo: I need to see a doctor.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Appointment: rendez-vous (FR) · consulta (PT) · appuntamento (IT) · Termin (DE).

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

Canada has a public health system (people show a provincial health card). Compare with how people get health care in Honduras.

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Role-play: call to make an appointment for someone else and explain what they need.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · Visual artNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa · 1916–1917

The Jack Pine

Tom Thomson (Group of Seven)

A painting of a pine tree in front of a lake in Ontario. Tom Thomson painted Canadian nature with strong colours.

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 12

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in103_lessons.js (lección 4). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.