Class 9 English Unit 2: Health and Hygiene: The Acceleration behind Telehealth Services

 

Complete Guidelines to readings, writings, and grammatical exercises

Unit 2: Health and Hygiene

Getting Started (10 Hours)

Let the students discuss the word cloud regarding health and its meaning. Talk about the different words related to health given in the word cloud. Health is a state of human being in which social, mental, and physical aspects are included.

Reading I: The Acceleration behind Telehealth Services

Vocabulary

·        Clinicians - /klɪˈnɪʃənz/ (noun, plural), medical practitioners

·        Psychotherapy - /ˌsaɪkəʊˈθɛrəpi/ (noun), treatment of mental disorders

·        Pandemic - /pænˈdɛmɪk/ (noun), widespread disease outbreak

·        Momentum - /məˈmɛntəm/ (noun), driving force or speed

·        Incorporate - /ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪt/ (verb), include or integrate

·        Chronic - /ˈkrɒnɪk/ (adjective), long-lasting or persistent

·        Underserved - /ˌʌndəˈsɜːvd/ (adjective), lacking sufficient services

·        Convenience - /kənˈviːniəns/ (noun), ease or suitability

·        Triage - /ˈtriːɑːʒ/ (noun), prioritization of cases

·        Acceleration - /əkˌsɛləˈreɪʃən/ (noun), increase in speed

·        Diagnosis - /ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/ (noun), identification of a condition

·        ICU - /ˌaɪ siː ˈjuː/ (noun), intensive care unit

·        Deploy - /dɪˈplɔɪ/ (verb), position or utilize effectively

A.   The meanings of some words from the interview are given below. Find the words for them from the above text. (Answers only)

ACROSS

a.      Psychological treatment of people using dialogue – psychotherapy

b.     process of sorting patients – triage

c.      to prepare and arrange – deploy

d.     special department of a hospital for intensive care of patients –  ICU

DOWN

a.      to include as a part – incorporate

b.     identification of nature and cause of a disease – diagnosis

c.      not having sufficient service – underserved

d.     epidemic over a wide geographical area – pandemic

B.  Read the interview again and write whether the following statements are True or   False.

a.      Internet service is necessary to use telehealth services. True

b.  While providing telehealth services, health professionals are at high risk of being infected due to the exposure to patients. False

c.      Telehealth service can be the best alternative to a face-to-face service. True

d.  The problem with the lack of medical staff will be solved to a great extent with telehealth technology. True

e.    The success of telehealth programs depends on the infrastructure and the best use of IT tools. True

C.    Answer the following questions.

a.    Telehealth service is a method of supplying medical services in remote places with the help of video chat.

b.     The advantages of using telehealth programs are fast, safe, and less expensive.

c.  According to Dr. Chang, the telehealth service is growing rapidly because of COVID-19 and the lack of medical workers.

d.     The telehealth program is important during a pandemic because of physical contact that has a chance of spreading the disease.

e.  The patients in remote areas are not getting adequate health services because of insufficient health facilities.

f.     The top three challenges of telehealth services are lack of infrastructure, technology, and labs.

Pronunciation

Pronounce the following words with the help of your teacher or a phonemic transcription given below.

Infrastructure - /ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktʃə/                  Staff - /stɑːf/        

Chronic - /ˈkrɒnɪk/                                     Strength - /streŋkθ/ or /streŋθ/

Milk - /mɪlk/                                               School - /skuːl/

Shield - /ʃiːld/                                              Curious - /ˈkjʊəriəs/      

Stethoscope - /ˈstɛθəˌskəʊp/                        Blend - /blɛnd/

Strand - /strænd/                                        Sixth - /sɪksθ/

Scream - /skriːm/

Click the link for phonemic transcription: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYRlknDDLfk

Speaking

Give suggestions in the following situations using the given suggestions as shown in the example.

Click the  link to give a suggestion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wT7BzAoyj0

          You'd better…..                       If I were you….              Why don't you….?

          You should ….                         How about + verb ^–ing…?                             

 

A: I have a severe toothache. I can't eat anything.

B: If I were you, I'd go to a dentist.

a.      She struggles in English, although she works very hard.

b.     He has lost his math book at school.

c.      Minu has put on weight, but she wants to be slim.

d.     My friend has his friend's birthday, but he has no money.

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