Lesson 5 · How are you feeling?
I can describe common symptoms and give simple advice.
Describing Health Problems · Malestares, síntomas y enfermedades comunes
Your pathway
Follow the steps in order: each one gives you what you need for the next.
I can…
- I can describe common symptoms.
- I can give advice with should.
- I can use the zero conditional.
- I can say what Tulip Festival is (May), use Symptoms + should + zero conditional to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.
Cultural Corner · Canadian Tulip Festival
This week: At the Tulip Festival some visitors have spring allergies. Describe 2 symptoms and give advice with should.
In 1945, the Netherlands sent tulips to Canada as a thank-you gift. The festival started in 1953. Next May, thousands of tulips are going to bloom in Ottawa.
Cultural competency: I can say what Tulip Festival is (May), use Symptoms + should + zero conditional to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.
The Stratford Festival · Many actors and directors
A big theatre festival in Canada. Actors perform Shakespeare and other plays. They use their voice a lot, so they take care of it.
Create your own learning resource for Lesson 5
A comic strip, a labelled picture, flashcards, a grammar chart… You choose what to learn and how, SofIA helps you prepare it, and you print it (Letter size) or save it as PDF.
Elige qué aprender y cómo; SofIA te ayuda a prepararlo y tú lo imprimes en tamaño carta o lo guardas en PDF.
Linguistic Passport · A1.3
This lesson helps you with these statements. After the lesson, open your Passport and mark your level.
- Listening I can understand simple questions from a receptionist, a doctor or a nurse.
- Spoken interaction I can describe common symptoms and ask for or give simple advice.
- Mediation I can explain with simple words what another person needs (at the doctor's or at a restaurant).
- Plurilingual and intercultural I can compare, with respect, food, health or travel customs in Canada and in Honduras.