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MATERIALS FOR AN ESP COURSE
The Process of Materials
Preparation in
English for Medicine Course
(Fortez & Penaflorida, 1988)
Opener
Input
Comprehension Check
Vocabulary
Language Practice
Tasks
3a. Opener
This serves to arouse students’ interest and curiosity and
acts as an appetizer. It can also be a motivation builder.
Lesson: Allergy
Allergy
The term “allergy” comes from the Greek allos (other) and
ergon (work). The derivation implies an unusual or
inappropriate reaction to a stimulus.
Allergy is a disorder of the immune system; it is immunity
gone wrong. In the immunological world of a vertebrate
organism, the great divide is between the self and the nonself
tissues, cells, proteins, and some other larger molecules from
[than] those of the self; it identifies them as being either
harmless or potentially harmful and thereupon either ignores
them or defends the organism against them. The cells …
The Process of Materials
Preparation in
English for Medicine Course
(Fortez & Penaflorida, 1988)
3d. Vocabulary
VOCABULARY
3f. Task
-students’ output
Writing Task