Detailed Sample Task: EAL Literacy
CLB FL - Listening
Comprehending Instructions
Health and Wellness
Real-World Task
Follow a simple instruction (2-5 words) for what to bring to the hospital for a medical procedure.
Planning Context
Helpful Knowledge:
- Some basic vocabulary related to medical procedures.
- An understanding of going to the hospital for a medical procedure whether a day procedure or overnight stay.
Context:
- When you go to the hospital for a medical procedure, there are often instructions on what you should do or bring to prepare for the procedure. This task introduces very basic instructions on what to bring to the hospital.
Vocabulary and Grammar
Sample Vocabulary:
- health card
- ID
- clothes
- hospital
- doctor
- nurse
- bring
- your
Sample Grammar:
- Listening to instructions in the imperative voice.
- The possessive adjectives your and my.
Knowledge and Strategies
Textual and Functional Knowledge:
- Instructions tell you what to do.
Sociolinguistic Knowledge:
- No specific sociolinguistic knowledge for this task.
Activities and Tasks
Sample Skill-Building Activities:
- As a class, talk about when you go to the hospital, using photographs of a local hospital to support the discussion.
- As a class, talk about what to bring to the hospital, using photographs to support the discussion.
- Look at vocabulary cards with clear photographs and learn the words orally.
- Tap the correct vocabulary card when the instructor calls out the word.
- Find your own health card and ID in your purse or wallet.
- Find your own name on your own health card.
- From a short, simple instructor-made story on the topic, 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.
Sample Skill-Using Tasks:
- Listen to a very short, simple dialogue between two friends about what to bring to the hospital. Demonstrate comprehension through choosing pictures of words they hear.
Sample Assessment Tasks:
- Follow a simple instruction (2-5 words) for what to bring to the hospital for a medical procedure. Demonstrate comprehension orally or by gesturing to pictures.
Teaching Considerations
Cultural Considerations:
- Nearly all medical care in Canada is free. There are different kinds of care available depending on the need, such as family doctors, walk-in clinics, specialists, urgent care and emergency departments. Help learners understand how to call 911, and help learners understand, when level-appropriate, what is the best choice for medical care for a situation.
Digital Literacy Strategies:
Successful completion of some tasks may require some baseline knowledge and digital skills.
Learners may need to:
- Read information from a screen.
Instructors can:
- Introduce websites that are relevant to the task(s).
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization Strategies:
Instructors can:
- Use diverse representations of people in all 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 can be triggered by people in positions of authority; make sure learners understand their rights in the healthcare system and give strategies for making polite requests.
- Learners who have experienced trauma may find discussions of health care triggering.
Strategies
- Create a safe and supportive classroom environment by establishing familiar routines, repeated activities, and model friendly and non-evaluative interactions; learners who have experienced trauma often benefit from having routine.
- Recognize and respect learners’ right to choose if, when and what they share about themselves and their routines.
Resources
Outings, Guest Speaker Suggestions, Extension Activities:
- Invite a public health nurse to speak to the class about healthcare in Canada.
- As a class, dictate a list of items to bring to the hospital.
Realia:
- own health card
- own ID
Units and Modules:
- At the Doctor’s Office Module (CLB 1 but can be adapted)
- Following Medical Instructions
- Personal Information
Lessons and Activities:
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.
