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Greetings and self-introductions ・ Unit 4

Health and the doctor

体調と病院

🎯 Goal: Describe how you feel and simple symptoms

🎮 Play this in class

🔑 Key phrases

  • I have a headache.頭が痛いです。
  • I've had a fever since yesterday.昨日から熱があります。
  • I feel a little sick.少し気分が悪いです。
  • Take care!お大事に!

⏱️ 50-minute lesson plan

  1. 1. Warm-up (5 min)

    Check last homework. Ask the warm-up questions to relax.

    • How do you feel today?
    • What do you do when you catch a cold?
  2. 2. Input (10 min)

    Introduce the key phrases one by one. The student repeats each 3 times; check meaning (short Japanese is OK).

  3. 3. Practice (15 min)

    Run the unit's practice activity. Maximize student talking time.

    Body parts review, then symptom cards: the student explains each symptom with 'I have…'.

  4. 4. Role-play (10 min)

    Tutor plays the other person. Praise when the key phrases are used; fix only 2 things afterwards.

    🎭 At a clinic abroad: the tutor is the doctor asking questions.

  5. 5. Free talk (5 min)

    Use the discussion questions for free conversation.

    • How do you stay healthy?
    • Do you exercise?
    • What do you do to relax?
  6. 6. Wrap-up (5 min)

    Review today's phrases and give the homework. Write the lesson note right after.

    📌 Memorize 5 sentences for a doctor's visit病院で使う文を5つ覚える

25-minute lessons: skip step 5 and shorten steps 3 and 4.

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