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Welcome to our newsletter. This month we've created four lessons (reading, writing, listening, speaking) on diabetes. Diabetes is becoming the biggest epidemic of the twenty-first century and being one of the main causes of other noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease. We believe from an educational perspective that this is a good topic to highlight this issue to students while giving them plenty of practice in all four skills.
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What is diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus, more commonly known as simply diabetes, affects more than 4 million people in the UK presently (The British Diabetic Association, 2024a). There are four main types of diabetes – type 1, type 2, gestational and prediabetes, also known as non-diabetic hyperglycaemia, which is when blood sugar levels are too high. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023), the food we consume is absorbed into the blood as sugar in order to be converted into energy. Diabetes is the result of an excessive amount of this sugar in the bloodstream, as a consequence of the pancreas being unable to create or release enough insulin, that is to say, the hormone that removes sugar from the blood.
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Diabetes Lessons
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If you can’t access this YouTube video in your country, go here
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Reading Test: Diabetes [new 2024]
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This 950-word text is on the topic of type 2 diabetes. It provides an overview of the four main types of diabetes. It explains the role of blood sugar in the body. It identifies the symptoms of type 2 diabetes, and it looks at diagnosis and treatment. The reading test includes matching headings to paragraphs; true, false, not given; reference words; short answer questions; citations; and a vocabulary task. (Example). Level ***** [B2/C1] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Writing Summary: Diabetes [new 2024]
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This 950-word text is on the topic of type 2 diabetes. It provides an overview of the four main types of diabetes. It explains the role of blood sugar in the body. It identifies the symptoms of type 2 diabetes, and it looks at diagnosis and treatment. The summary task includes note-taking worksheet with key, summary writing exercise with one sample summary, and a critical thinking worksheet with suggested answers. (Example). Level ***** [B2/C1] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Listening Test: Diabetes [new 2024]
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This 10-minute lecture is on the topic of diabetes. It looks at the important data connected to this disease. it explains the aetiology of the condition, and it identifies the pathophysiology and symptomology of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The listening test includes summary completion: short answer questions; multiple choice and notes completion. (Example). Level ***** [B2/C1] / Video [12.13] / MP3 / PPT link in download / TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Speaking Seminar: Diabetes [new 2024]
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This seminar worksheet provides a a number of questions based on the reading and listenings. Students refer to the reading text and their listening notes and discuss some of the key points made in all texts. The seminar sheet includes the sources so students can refer to specific evidence by author. TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Diabetes PDF Lesson Book [new 2024]
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AMAZING VALUE – Five lessons in one book: reading test, reading to summary writing, listening test & speaking seminar. Example
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The AEUK Team
Newsletter #155
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