Detailed Sample Task: Stage I
CLB 1 - Listening Comprehending Instructions
Health and Wellness
Real-World Task
Follow simple instructions of a few words for what to bring to the hospital when giving birth.
Planning Context
Helpful Knowledge:
- Vocabulary related to clothing items.
- Vocabulary related to hospital visits.
- Vocabulary related to pregnancy.
Context:
- It is a good idea to have a bag packed and ready to go when you are getting close to your due date. This means you have time to plan what to bring.
Vocabulary and Grammar
Sample Vocabulary:
- Due date
- Pregnant
- Toiletries
- Comfortable clothing
- Bath robe
- Sleepwear
- Cell phone
- Charger
- Car seat
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Baby clothes
Sample Grammar:
- Nouns (singular, plural).
- Basic syntax including word order.
Knowledge and Strategies
Textual and Functional Knowledge:
- Recognize key words relating to basic facts.
- Recognize words to describe people, objects, and daily routines.
- Recognize basic syntax such as word order.
Sociolinguistic Knowledge:
- Common social conventions and norms of politeness.
- Socio-cultural information relating to service interactions.
Activities and Tasks
Sample Skill-Building Activities:
- Match visuals of clothing to words.
- Elicit experiences with hospital visits and related vocabulary.
- Copy a list of words related to packing an overnight bag.
- Look at a picture of a woman in hospital with a newborn baby and label the key words.
- Create a word wall for vocabulary related to packing an overnight bag.
- Create a short, simple instructor-made story on the topic, and have learners listen as the instructor reads, following with their finger. Have learners repeat after the instructor to match intonation and fluency. Finally, have learners read the story as a group, and then individually. These activities practice vocabulary in context, show relevancy of the language and improve fluency.
- In pairs, read aloud a short, simple role play conversation about packing for a short trip.
- Read three simple 3-4 word instructions and circle key words.
Sample Skill-Using Tasks:
- Listen to a few sentences about the contents of an overnight bag and circle the words that you hear from a longer list.
- Listen to a highly simplified conversation between two people talking about packing for a trip and choose what they are packing from visuals.
Sample Assessment Tasks:
- Follow simple instructions of a few words for what to bring to the hospital when giving birth.
Teaching Considerations
Cultural Considerations:
- Cultural considerations can play a large part in expectations and needs during childbirth. Immigrant women may experience barriers to accessing health care during pregnancy and may need additional support in navigating the healthcare system.
- Cultural expectations around pregnancy and childbirth are varied and are a reflection of Canada being a diverse place which has people from many different cultures.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization Strategies:
Instructors can:
- Use diverse representations of people in all your learning resources and images, including people who are 2SLGBTQIA+, Indigenous, Francophone and of other cultures, and people who have disabilities or who are neurodivergent.
- Recognize that people who identify as women may not have had independent access to medical professionals and health care. Make sure these learners are aware of their rights in Canada and the resources that are available to them.
Trauma-informed Strategies:
Possible Trauma Triggers:
- Learners who have experienced trauma may find discussions of health care triggering.
- Discussions of childbirth may be triggering for learners who have experienced trauma.
Strategies:
- Give learners advance warning of this topic and be aware that there may be learners who require support.
- Learners have the right to choose if, when and what they share about themselves.
- Make space for learners to feel safe and recover from the experience of sharing their experiences.
Resources
Outings, Guest Speaker Suggestions, Extension Activities:
- Invite a pregnancy community support worker to be a guest speaker.
- Visit a parenting group in the community.
- Invite a parenting in two cultures speaker to class.
Realia:
- Visuals related to packing a hospital bag
- Simplified hospital maps
- Visuals of hospital staff in different roles
Units and Modules:
Lessons and Activities:
Multimedia:
- Tutela. Walk-in Clinic Video. CLB 1
Detailed Sample Task
This exemplar is aligned with the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) and is designed to guide and inform your lesson and module planning. Consult the Canadian Language Benchmarks English as a Second Language for Adults for detailed performance descriptors at this benchmark and skill.
The information in this document is not exhaustive and can be expanded on. As well, you can use more learner-friendly language in your materials and assessments.
This is NOT a lesson or module plan.
