The doctor who used music instead of medicine: Modals in the Past

Health and Medicine Vocabulary

Students begin with a discussion on stress, relaxation, and how emotions influence health. Learners then explore essential health terms such as recovery process, clinical trial, placebo, chronic disease, immune system, prescription, and side effects. Vocabulary tasks include fill-in-the-blanks, synonyms, and antonyms.

Reading and Listening: Music as Medicine

Students read The Doctor Who Used Music Instead of Medicine — a true-inspired story about a neurologist using music therapy to support Alzheimer's patients. Listening tasks reinforce the idea through a doctor's testimony.

Modals in the Past: Must Have, Might Have, Should Have

Grammar practice focuses on modals in the past (must have, might have, should have, can't have), helping students express deduction, possibility, and regret about past events.

Speaking, Role-Play and Interactive Homework

Learners participate in debates on whether music can heal, role-plays between doctors and sceptical relatives, and discussions about alternative therapies. Homework includes matching, sentence correction, and rewriting tasks using modals in the past.