ASKING AND SHOWING

ROOMS IN HOSPITAL
OBJECTIVES

Learners will:
a. Recognize department names in the hospital.
b. Learn or review directions (straight, right, left).
c. Practice using You Are Here maps.
d. Practice asking directions in the hospital.
A) VISITOR/ PATIENT

How to ask for directions

a) Could you tell me how to get to...?
b) Can you tell me where....is?
c) Im looking for.... how can I get there?
2) HOW TO GIVE SIMPLE DIRECTIONS

a) Walk down....
b) Go along this....
c) Go up stairs....
d) Until you find...
e) Then turn right/left....

f) Take the first turn on the right.

SHOWING DIRECTIONS

a) Turn left into...

b) Turn right to...
c) Go straight ahead...
d) Go along this corridor
SHOWING A PLACE/ A ROOMS

a) It is..............
b) It is on the left/ right side
c) It is of....
d) It is next to....
e) It is near....
f) It is at the opposite of....
g) It is at the corner of....
h) It is just before...
i) It is just after....
j) It is opposite...
B) EXAMPLE DIALOGUE:

1) Visitor : excuse me, where is pediatric ward?

Nurse : Please go straight a head until you find ICU. Then you turn left
Pediatric ward at left side.
2) Visitor : Nurse, Im looking for amaryllis ward. How can I get there?
Nurse : you go along this corridor, then you find stairs. Then you move on
second floor. Amaryllis room on right side of you.
 Visitor : I need to pay recover out patient . can you show me where the cashier is?
Nurse : Well, can you go straight a head here administration. The cashier next to. Beside
on the pharmacy.

Visitor : Excuse me, I need go to polyclinic. Can you show me the way?
Nurse : Well, you must walk to through emergency until room, then turn left until you
see Laboratory Area.

Visitor : Nurse, I must go to Radiology Unit. Can you tell me where radiology unit is?
Nurse : that is at beside build.You must exit then turn right. In right this build, you find
radiology unit.
Auditorium Birth Center Cancer Center
Cashier Customer Service Dental Clinic
Pediatrics Pharmacy Primary Care
Radiology Waiting Room

Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

1.Your child is sick. Go to _________________.
2.You need an X-ray. Go to_________________.
3. A woman is pregnant. It is time for the baby. She should go to __.
4.You want to see a movie about health. Go to the ____.
5.You need to pay for your visit. Go to ____________.
6.You need a check up. Go to ____________.
7.You have a toothache. Go to the ________.
8.You need medicine. Go to the ____________.
9.Your friend has cancer. She will go to the ____.
 Refer to the site map above, make a
communication exchange to show the direction!
The starting points are as follows:

1. The security to maternity unit.

2. The nurse station in ICU to the canteen.
3. The security to the toilet (between dispensary and radiology)
4. The emergency room to lift.
5. The polyclinic to the pediatric ward (on the second floor)
6. The operation room to ICU (opposite the physiotherapy unit)
7. The entrance to the class 1
8. The nurse station (near the lift on 2nd floor) to the laboratory
9. The emergency room to admission
10. The waiting room to the children playground (on the 2nd floor)
 Refer to the site map above, make a
communication exchange to show the direction!
The starting points are as follows:

1. The security to maternity unit.

2. The nurse station in ICU to the canteen.
3. The security to the toilet (between dispensary and radiology)
4. The emergency room to lift.
5. The polyclinic to the pediatric ward (on the second floor)
6. The operation room to ICU (opposite the physiotherapy unit)
7. The entrance to the class 1
8. The nurse station (near the lift on 2nd floor) to the laboratory
9. The emergency room to admission
10. The waiting room to the children playground (on the 2nd floor)