This list provides an opportunity for students to build both their English and Spanish vocabularies. Particularly, the teacher should review List 1 to make sure students know what each profession specializes in. Go through the list in class and ask for volunteers to tell the class what they know about each profession listed. Any English terms that stump the class can be assigned for lookup.
The list can be used in the exercise suggested in Part 1 of this series by dividing the class into three groups, having the students circulate and confer with other students and using the suggested worksheet for vocabulary building.
The list can also be used in conversational practice as follows:
Pair off the students and assign an appropriate number of terms from List 1 to each group. Students are to compose sentences using their assigned term from List 1 and adding at least one term from List 2 or List 3.
Examples:
El anestesista da los anastésticos al paciente durante la operación.
El médico forense performa una autopsia.
Consider adding a vocabulary matching quiz with selected vocabulary from this list. (Sample quiz follows this section.) A link to a sample downloadable quiz is available in the next section.
