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Comprehension check
a) What is the difference between chemist’s department and prescription department?
b) Which forms of drugs are used for external use (internal use, injections)?
c) What are the duties of a pharmaceutist?
d) Which drugs are indicated with the letters “A”, “B”?
e) Why are the directions for the administration of a drug very important for patients?
Check your answers with your group
Speaking – 50 min.
Find someone from both of the other groups. Discuss the answers again and tell each other
Read the text again. Say whether these statements are true or false:
a) Chemist’s shops are specialized shops where only medicines are sold.
b) All medicines are kept in a fridge.
c) The pharmaceutist makes drugs in the accordance with the prescription.
d) String effective drugs are kept in the drug cabinet having the letter “A”.
e) Poisonous drugs are kept in the drug cabinet with letter “A”.
f) The single dose and the total dosage are indicated on the label.
Post-reading tasks
Practice
What did they say?
Read this situation task. Write the original conversation
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e.g. Pharmaceutist: Could I help you? Do you need any medicine to take? What troubles you?
A patient: I have a bad headache. I need some medicine.
Pharmaceutist: I recommend you spasmalgon. Here it is. It costs 30 tenge. Would you like
to have it?
A patient: Yes, thank you. I’m sure it’ll relive my pain.
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Useful language
Study the following directions
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Match the following commonly used directions for a drug to the pictograms
a) Read the label.
b) Store in refrigerator.
c) Take by mouth.
d) Take with glass of water.
e) Take with milk.
f) Do not take if pregnant.
g) Take two hours before meals.
h) Do not store medicine where the children can get it.
Practice
Roleplay
Using the compiled conversations and directions for a drug above work in pairs
Student A is a chemist’s assistant. Student B is a patient.