Research-based Health Literacy Materials and Instruction Guide
Beginning ABE and ESL Levels
Section 9 - Talking to Health Professionals
Stresses the importance of asking questions if you don’t understand everything a health professional tells you. Incorporates six case studies involving both oral and print information on: diabetes (lab tests and medications), high cholesterol (lab test results and medications), preparing for a colonoscopy, and oral surgery post-operative instructions.
Basic Skills and Vocabulary | |
1. Vocabulary Lists | |
2. Sight Word List | |
3. Phonemic Awareness Activity | |
Graphics | |
Interpreter / Translate | |
Classroom Picture Set | |
Flashcards - Label | |
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Flashcards - No Label |
Reading and Comprehension | |
1. Reading Passage | |
2. Cloze Activity | |
3. Beginner Story | |
4. Beginner Cloze Activity | |
Supplemental Activities | |
1. (C) Colonoscopy Instructions Worksheet | |
2. (O) Asking Questions Case Studies | |
ESL Activities | |
1. Word Focus | |
2. Sentence Focus | |
3. Conversation Focus | |
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