Week 1	Introduction Alphabet –vowels, consonants, pronunciation, numbers, greetings Vocabulary, numbers, time,  dates.  Exercises: professions, vocabulary related to medical settings
Week 2	Greeting patients, dialogs  Adjectives, parts of the body Articles, plural, verb to be Dialogs - health- situations
Week 3	Questions: obtaining patient information Exercises -dialogs, situations in health care Vocabulary, common illnesses, practice
Week 4	Questions:  patient background, family members Irregular verb to be & to have Exercises, reading and talking
Week 5	Questions: patients, family members, sickness Vocabulary: symptoms, parts of the body, adjectives Exercises -  practice conversation
Week 6	Regular verbs-present tense    Regular verbs-exercises. Questions Leaving messages on the phone, appointments Review and practice

Classes include information about cultural issues/values, understanding stereotypes and diversity.