Unit 8: Surgery

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This unit discusses surgery vocabulary.

Did you know? The following activities can be customized as desired by the teacher or school pedagogue.

Basic activities (computer-graded)

Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

Reading Activity: Surgery

Students will be able to correctly answer true/false questions after reading and listening to topical short articles and dialogs featuring topical vocabulary.

Surgery is a branch of medicine concerned with treating diseases and injuries by means of operative intervention, which means a surgeon operates on a patient in order to treat an injury, improve the functions of the body or the patient's appearance. The word 'surgery' originally comes from Greek, in which language it means 'hand work'. This is actually a very adequate name, as a lot of procedures… Continue

Multiple Choice Activity

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Listening Comprehension Activity

Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Spelling and Recognition

Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Advanced activities (optionally teacher-graded)

Speaking Practice Activity

Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

Unfortunately, the treatment isn't effective so we have to reexamine our diagnosis.

In the case of the injury of internal organs, surgeons have to perform an operation on the patient.

Madam, your husband is currently being operated on in the second floor operating room.

Diagnostic methods used in neurosurgery include computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Before surgery, an anesthesiologist will administer propofol.

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Writing Practice Activity

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.

Can you explain the function of one chosen surgery type which is described in the article?

Would you agree or disagree that "Cosmetic surgery serves only the needs of the vain"? Why?

Have you heard of any modern and groundbreaking surgical technique or equipment? What can you say about it?

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