Cancelling an Appointment with Your Doctor
ESL Lesson PlansCancelling an Appointment with Your Doctor

Cancelling an Appointment with Your Doctor

This ESL lesson plan for adults focuses on the practical situation of cancelling an appointment with your doctor, targeting essential vocabulary and speaking skills. In an individual setting, students will engage in discussions, read dialogues, and practice role-plays to familiarize themselves with phrases commonly used in cancellation scenarios. The lesson structure includes brainstorming vocabulary, matching exercises, and interactive dialogue, ensuring students can confidently communicate their needs during appointments.

Skills

  • Can interact with reasonable ease in structured situations and short conversations, provided the other person helps if necessary.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Discuss the following questions.

1
How often do you visit a doctor?
2
Why do people need to cancel appointments sometimes?
3
Have you ever had to cancel an appointment?
4
What do you do when you have to cancel an appointment?
2

Brainstorm.

3

Read the dialogue. Say which phrases Sarah used to cancel her appointment.

4

Match the words and phrases from the dialogue to their meaning.

5

Fill in the gaps with the phrases from the previous exercises.

6

Role-play a dialogue with your teacher where a patient calls to cancel a doctor's appointment. Use target vocabulary.

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