Describing Symptoms (Novice-Intermediate)

Practice on Your Own

• Make a list of all the body parts you know.
• Practice the words for health, fever, sick, pain, etc.
• Imagine you are sick. You have a fever and a headache. Practice telling someone that you are not well and explaining what is wrong.
• Imagine you go to see a doctor. The doctor asks you about your health, and you answer accordingly.

Practice in Conversation Session

• Be prepared to tell your conversation partner and classmates the body parts you know.
• Tell your conversation partner the words for health, fever, sick, pain, etc.
• Do a role play with your conversation partner where the conversation partner will ask you about your health and you will tell what problems you are experiencing (e.g. pain/fever/etc.).
• Do a role play where your conversation partner will pretend to be a doctor and you will be a patient. You need to describe your symptoms to the doctor and answer the questions asked by the doctor.