Lesson Overview

Explore common illnesses and ways to recover in this practical A2 ESL lesson. Students learn how to talk about common health problems, describe how they feel, and discuss different treatments and ways to get better.

Through vocabulary activities, listening and reading tasks, a dialogue, and speaking activities, students practise language for describing symptoms, talking about treatment, and giving simple health advice.

Students will discuss questions such as: What do you do when you feel sick? What helps you feel better? When should you see a doctor? They will also learn useful adjectives such as dizzy, exhausted, weak, miserable, refreshed, and dehydrated.

This ready-to-use lesson is perfect for teachers looking for a practical conversation lesson that helps A2 students talk confidently about illness, treatment, and recovery.

1. Warm Up: Healthy or Unhealthy? 
2. Illnesses: Key Words
3. Illnesses: Adjectives
4. Dialogue. 
5. Let’s Read: Illnesses
6. Audio: Olivia’s Not Feeling Well. 
7. Advice: Good or Bad? 
8. Illnesses: Create Questions 

Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this practical A2 ESL lesson plan on How to Treat Common Illnesses. Students are challenged to read an informative article about recovering from an illness before answering a series of comprehension questions. Activity layout:

1. Article: How to Recover from Illness 
2. Writing Task: Questions