Swine Flu

If you are a school teacher, you would have received some kind of information of the swine influenza that was sent by the Ministry of Education. From our English classes, we can contribute part of our time to the project, and keep our students informed of such disease.

If you work with kids, this is a podcast you can save in your pc together with its transcript. It is spoken by kids!

Vocabulary to pre-teach or recycle

• Adjectives

contagious - sick - safe - healthy -

• Verb phrs

to spread from one person to another - to cough - to sneeze - touch your nose/eyes/face - to catch (the flu) - to be sick - wash/rub (your hands) - to get sick with (the flue) - stay away -

• Noun phrs

soap - water - alcohol-based hand cleaner - tissue - elbow/shoulder/hand - germs Suggested activities: TPR-mime all the actions as they listen to the audio Listen and answer questions, T/F Drawing/making posters Here you can download a two-page brochure to print and share with you teen or adult students.

Vocabulary to pre-teach or recycle

• Noun phrs

Swine flu/influenza - respiratory disease - high fever - virus - virus strain - vaccine - herd - flu-like symptoms - a nose/throat swab - medications - body aches - runny nose - human-to-human transmission

• Verb phrs

to outbreak - to result in (sth) - to cough - to sneeze - to have breathing difficulties - to go off feed - to get infected with - to spread (among) - to show signs of (an illness) - to catch (the flu) - to be transmitted through - to treat (an illness) - to infect (sb) - to get vaccinated Suggested Activities: Read and answer questions, T/F Use info in another context - Role play: doctor-patient, doctor-interviewer, farmer-vet Make informative posters.