Arabic Level 2, Activity 08: “زِيَارَة المُسْتَشْفَى / Visiting the Hospital” (Face-to-Face/Online)
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Description:
In this activity, students will be given a task to practice a conversation on what to say if they were either a doctor or patient, along with using hospital vocabulary and the لـ، مع، عند grammar.
Semantic Topics:
Doctor, medicine, hospital, healthcare, body parts, عندي, أشعر بـ, طبيب، مستشفى، دواد
Grammatical Structures:
لـ، مع، عند, with
Products: Hospital and most common illness.
Products: Going to the hospital, getting a prescription from your doctor.
Perspectives: In Middle Eastern countries, it’s very common to visit a pharmacy in lieu of a doctor for illnesses and other minor medical issues. They are able to prescribe medications and suggest treatments for their patrons. The importance of pharmacies in Middle Eastern countries is more prominent than in the United States. You only need to find a good pharmacy in order to get the right prescription.
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations or correspondence in Arabic to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written Arabic on a variety of topics.
- Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures of the Arab world.
- Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons between the cultures of the Arab world and their own
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
- COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- CLTR 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can identify and describe parts of the body.
- I can describe my condition to the doctor.
- I can listen to and understand doctors’ prescriptions.
- I can explain in simple words to help others understand the solution(s) I’m giving.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
- Pull up the presentation and share your screen with students.
افتح العرض التقديمي وشارك شاشتك مع الطلاب.. - They will first have to do the mid-term survey. Give them about 3 minutes to finish it
سيتعين عليهم أولاً إجراء مسح منتصف الترم. امنحهم حوالي 3 دقائق لإنهائها. - Moving to the warm-up, review hospital vocabulary with students by asking them how to say (the word) in Arabic.
الانتقال إلى النشاط ، راجع مفردات المستشفى مع الطلاب من خلال سؤالهم عن كيفية نطق (الكلمة) باللغة العربية.. - The translation will come automatically after your click.
ستأتي الترجمة تلقائيًا بعد نقرك على زر الماوس او المسافة..
Main Activity
- Students will be paired with another student and have a small conversation about visiting the hospital.
سيتم إقران الطلاب بطالب آخر وإجراء محادثة قصيرة حول زيارة المستشفى.. - One will be الدكتور/ الطبيب and other will be المريض
سيكون أحدهما الدكتور/ الطبيب والآخر سيكون المريض. - The doctor student will ask المريض the questions according to the image provided on slide 9.
يقوم طالب الطبيب بطرح الأسئلة على المريض وفقًا للصورة الموجودة في الشريحة 9. - المريض will answer according to the image provided in the slide.
سيرد المريض حسب الصورة الموجودة بالشريحة.. - Move to the next slide and then students will switch roles and do the same again.
انتقل إلى الشريحة التالية ثم سيقوم الطلاب بتبديل الأدوار والقيام بنفس الشيء مرة أخرى.Wrap-Up
- Asking students these to questions:
- للدكتور: ما هي الأدوية التي مع مريضك؟للمريض: كم دواء عندك؟
End of Activity
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.) - Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can identify and describe parts of the body.
- I can describe my condition to the doctor.
- I can listen to and understand doctors’ prescriptions.
- I can explain in simple words to help others understand the solution(s) I’m giving.
