Ch eol Soo and Su Ni

Stu dy M edic in e!
A Me dic al Engl ish Bo ok fo r Ajo u Unive rsity N ur sing Stud ents
by C. Bru ce Lawr ence

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 Preface

The premise for this book begins with an ‘English for Nursing’ course offered
at Ajou University in Suwon, S. Korea. This book was developed from a need for
medial English books designed for English as a foreign Language (EFL) students. Most
EFL books are for basic conversation or for tests like TOEIC and TOEFL. So, the need
was there for an EFL book for nursing students.

The format of the book is three fold. The beginning of each chapter has a
section involving basic EFL functions which such as “introducing yourself”, “giving
directions” or “following instructions”. There is a sample dialogue, a display of the
language involved including discourse, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, and an
interactive activity. Each activity is followed by a lesson plan for the teacher’s use.
Some activities involve cards in which case there is only two activities related directly
to nursing and medicine. Again, these activities are followed by a lesson plan of the
teacher’s use. Each chapter ends with a question following the format of the Test of
Spoken English (TSE) which is the English part of the testing process to become a
registered medical professional in Canada. The new TOEIC test also has a spoken
section similar to the TSE.

The characters in the book are four: Cheol Soo and Sun Ni, and Dick and Jane.
Dick and Jane are the stereotypic characters found in all elementary school readers in
North America. Cheol Soo and Su Ni are the stereotypic characters found in all
elementary school readers in Korea. So the characters should be familiar to students and
teachers alike.

I hope you enjoy Cheol Soo and Su Ni Study Medicine, and if you have any
suggestions or comments please contact me at cbrucelawrence@hotmail.com.

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 Table of Contents

1. Introducing Yourself (1)

Business Cards, Classmate Interview Sheet, Ajou Human Bingo
TSE Homework: Introduce yourself
2. Asking for Information (11)
Just Asking, Ajou Hospital Admission, Travel in Korea
TSE Homework: Giving information about your hometown
3. Describing Things (27)
Describing Things, Medical Vocabulary & Vocations, Illnesses
TSE Homework: Describe your room/office
4. Describing Locations (38)
Prepositions, Where is Ajou University, Shelves
TSE Homework: Describe this picture
5. Making Requests (49)
Would you mind, Making a doctor’s appointment, Go Fish
TSE Homework: Refusing requests.
Review and Consolidation: Review Game: Cheol Soo and Su Ni’s Sick Day!

6. Giving Instructions (60)

How does it Work? Pin the Tail, Medical Stations
TSE Homework: Give instructions on how to use a bank machine
7. Giving Opinions (69)
Matching Opinions, Debates, Medical Opinions
TSE Homework: What is your opinion on euthanasia?
8. Comparing Things (80)
Comparisons, 20 Questions, Medical Comparisons,
TSE Homework: Comparing two things
9. Making Predictions (89)
Prediction Survey, Palm Reading, The Future of Medicine
TSE Homework: What will the future be like in 100 years?
10. Advanced Body Parts (97)
Body Parts, Muscles, Skeleton, Finger Twister
TSE Homework: Describe and accident
Review and Consolidation: Review Game: Bingo!
Appendices (120)

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 1. Introductory Exercises

Dick: Hello. I’m Richard Head.

Su Ni: Nice to meet you. My name’s Su Ni Park.
Dick: Glad to meet you Su Ni. Where are you from?
Su Ni: I’m from Busan, but I’m living in Suwon now. How about you?
Dick: I’m from Houston. So, what do you do, Su Ni?
Su Ni: I’m studying nursing, and you?
Dick: I’m an exchange student studying law. I want to work in international trade.
Su Ni: How do you like Suwon?
Dick: I like it. It’s small, but very nice.
Su Ni: Have you been to Suwon Castle?
Dick: Yes I have. I went last weekend with my Korean class.
Su Ni: Are you studying Korean?
Dick: Yes, it’s really tough. How about you? Are you studying English?
Su Ni: Yes, I am.
Dick: It’s tough, isn’t it?
Su Ni: It sure is!

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Discourse:
High: I am fine. Thank you for asking. How are you?
Mid: I’m fine. How about you?
Low: Fine! You?

Grammar:
QUESTION: HAVE YOU (EVER) + PRESENT PERFECT
Have you been to Suwon Castle?

ANSWER: PP + HAVE/HAVEN’T/HAVE NEVER

NOT HAVE EVER (ONLY QUESTIONS)
Yes, I have… / No I haven’t… / No I have never…

STORY: PAST TENSE

I went there last weekend.

I’m studying…
NOUN/GERUND INFINITIVE
nursing to be a nurse
law to be a lawyer
medicine to be a doctor

Vocabulary:
primary school great medicine
elementary school fine nursing
secondary school good law
high school OK anthropology
college so-so linguistics
university not so good sociology

Pronunciation:
tough/top [^/a] [f/p]
How have you been? “How ya bin?” [reduction]
How about you? “How about chu?” [linking]

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Business Cards A
Powerpoint

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Business Cards B
Powerpoint

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 Business Cards Lesson Plan (LP)

Objectives: Question formation, Icebreaking

Level: any level
Duration: 30 minutes
Materials: Business Cards A and B
Set up: pair work; copy one set for each pair A and B

Warm up:
Do you have a business card? How do you exchange business cards?
Is it OK to ask questions about someone’s business card?

Teaching:
What’s your name? Where are you from? Where do you live? What do you do? What
are your hobbies? What languages can you speak?

Instructions:
Get into pairs. One of you look at student A, the other looks at Student B. Take turns
asking questions about the missing information. For example, look at Student A, “I’m a
…” How do you ask Student B that question? “What are you?” or “What is she?” or
“What does she do?” Fill in all the missing information, and then ask each other about
your real business cards

Wrap up:
What is your partner’s name?
What are her hobbies?

Homework:
Easy: Write down the names of three students.
Difficult: Write a profile of the students that you met.

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