Social prescribing: when the doctor prescribes a choir
A family doctor explains why she sends lonely patients to gardens and choirs, and what the evidence really says.
B2Adults45 minPodcastFree
About this lesson
A B2 listening lesson (podcast). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- B2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Podcast
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Health & medicine
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Matching
- Key words
- prescription, refer someone to, link worker, well-being, isolated, trial, comparison group
- Access
- Free
By the end, students can
- Follow a podcast interview and separate a speaker's evidence from her anecdotes
- Understand and use phrases for hedging and evaluating claims
- Discuss non-medical approaches to health