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THE ARTICLEU.S. teens taking to alternative medicinesAlternative medicine is becoming more and more popular among young people in the USA. This is according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its recently released study reveals that nearly twelve per cent of children and teenagers use some form of alternative medicine or herbal supplements. The researchers report that under-seventeens are using a variety of remedies that include natural medicines, meditation, acupuncture and other treatments “that are not generally considered to be part of conventional medicine”. This is the first time for the center to measure alternative medicine use in children and teenagers. The study states one in three adults have used alternative cures.
The study says children most commonly used alternative medicine for back or neck pain, head or chest colds, anxiety or stress, muscular problems, hyperactivity, and attention deficit disorders. The most popular medicines among children were “non-vitamin, non-mineral, natural products” such as fish oil. The most common treatments were massages, meditation, acupuncture, and yoga. Researchers also found that children were five times more likely to use these remedies if a parent or other relative does. An alternative medicine expert, Richard Nahin, was surprised at the report’s findings. He said children were very healthy and the fact that one in nine youngsters used alternative medicine was “pretty amazing”.
WARM-UPS1. MEDICINE: Walk around the class and talk to other students about medicine. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. ALTERNATIVES: You and your partner(s) are in charge of marketing different alternative medicines. Complete the table below. Share what you wrote with other students. Decide as a class which marketing slogans would work well.
4. NEW THERAPIES: Students A strongly believe alternative medicines and therapies are better than conventional (Western) ones; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. MY CURE: What do you suggest for the following problems? Talk about this with your partner(s). Change partners and discuss what you talked about.
6. DISEASE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘disease’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the spaces.Alternative medicine is becoming more _____________________ among young people in the USA. This is according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its _____________________ reveals that nearly twelve per cent of children and teenagers use some form of alternative medicine or herbal supplements. The researchers report that under-seventeens are _____________________ remedies that include natural medicines, meditation, acupuncture and other treatments “that _____________________ considered to be part of conventional medicine”. This is the first time for the center to measure alternative medicine use in children and teenagers. The study _____________________ adults have used alternative cures. The study says children _____________________ alternative medicine for back or neck pain, head or chest colds, anxiety or stress, muscular problems, hyperactivity, and attention deficit disorders. The most popular medicines _____________________ “non-vitamin, non-mineral, natural products” such as fish oil. The most common treatments were massages, meditation, acupuncture, and yoga. Researchers also found that children were five times _____________________ these remedies if a parent or other relative does. An alternative medicine expert, Richard Nahin, was surprised _____________________. He said children were very healthy and the fact that one in nine youngsters used alternative medicine _____________________. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘alternative’ and ‘medicine’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about alternative medicine in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEAlternative medicine is becoming more and (1) ____ popular among young people in the USA. This is according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its (2) ____ released study reveals that nearly twelve per cent of children and teenagers use some form (3) ____ alternative medicine or herbal supplements. The researchers report that under-(4) ____ are using a variety of remedies that include natural medicines, meditation, acupuncture and other treatments “that are not (5) ____ considered to be part of conventional medicine”. This is the first time for the center to measure alternative medicine use in children and teenagers. The study states one (6) ____ three adults have used alternative cures. The study says children most commonly used alternative medicine for back or neck pain, head or chest colds, (7) ____ or stress, muscular problems, hyperactivity, and attention deficit disorders. The most popular medicines among children were “non-vitamin, non-mineral, natural products” (8) ____ as fish oil. The most common treatments were massages, meditation, acupuncture, and yoga. Researchers also found that children were five times more (9) ____ to use these remedies if a (10) ____ or other relative does. An alternative medicine (11) ____, Richard Nahin, was surprised at the report’s findings. He said children were very healthy and the fact that one in nine youngsters used alternative medicine was “(12) ____ amazing”. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about alternative medicine for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about alternative medicine. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. ALTERNATIVE OR CONVENTIONAL: Make a poster about which is better, alternative or conventional medicine. Explain your thoughts on the different types. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. CURES: Write a magazine article about a form of alternative medicine. Include an imaginary interview with someone who really believes in it. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to alternative medicine expert Richard Nahin. Ask him three questions about alternative medicine. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: U.S. teens taking to alternative medicinesAlternative medicine is becoming more and more popular among young people in the USA. This is according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its recently released study reveals that nearly twelve per cent of children and teenagers use some form of alternative medicine or herbal supplements. The researchers report that under-seventeens are using a variety of remedies that include natural medicines, meditation, acupuncture and other treatments “that are not generally considered to be part of conventional medicine”. This is the first time for the center to measure alternative medicine use in children and teenagers. The study states one in three adults have used alternative cures. The study says children most commonly used alternative medicine for back or neck pain, head or chest colds, anxiety or stress, muscular problems, hyperactivity, and attention deficit disorders. The most popular medicines among children were “non-vitamin, non-mineral, natural products” such as fish oil. The most common treatments were massages, meditation, acupuncture, and yoga. Researchers also found that children were five times more likely to use these remedies if a parent or other relative does. An alternative medicine expert, Richard Nahin, was surprised at the report’s findings. He said children were very healthy and the fact that one in nine youngsters used alternative medicine was “pretty amazing”. LANGUAGE WORK
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