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 · II PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the II 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 · II PAC

Your career, your examples

II PAC · May – AugustHolidayMonday, May 24Canada

Cultural Corner · Victoria Day

This week: Victoria Day long weekend: many clinics close. Write an email to book an appointment for Tuesday.

Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819. Last year, many Canadians watched fireworks on Victoria Day.

Key words

  • queen reina
  • long weekend fin de semana largo
  • garden jardín

Fact

It is the Monday before May 25. For many Canadians it is the start of summer and gardening season.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Outdoor activity after winter.
  • Engineering & technology: Fireworks.
  • Business & economics: Garden centres and tourism.
  • Education, humanities & communication: History of the monarchy in Canada.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Planting gardens.
Mirror Honduras. In Quebec the same day is Journée nationale des patriotes. Is there a day with two names in Honduras?

Official source

Mission: Find the year Queen Victoria was born. Write it.

Cultural competency: I can say what Victoria Day is (Monday, May 24), use Appointments + need to to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my II 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.