Complete IGCSE Paper 1 format listening tasks on health and lifestyle themes
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Listening — Health and Lifestyle Texts
الاستِماع — نُصوص الصِّحَّة وأُسلوب الحَياة
Healthy Lifestyles · Health and wellbeing
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Learning Objectives
Focus on these outcomes rather than trying to memorise everything at once.
Identify conditional sentences and passive structures in fast spoken Arabic
Apply advanced distractor avoidance strategies with academic health vocabulary
Lesson outline
- 10 minStarterPre-listening — academic health register prediction
- 25 minMain 1Three IGCSE-format listening tasks
- 12 minMain 2Conditional and passive analysis in listening
- 6 minMain 3P1 performance tracking
- 7 minPlenaryThirty seconds of Arabic health speech
Exam connection: Listening: academic health texts, conditional sentences in speech, medical passives (Paper 1 all formats) | Reading: nutrition article, mental health report, healthcare opinion piece (Paper 2 R1–R4, Q5 cross-text) | Writing: 140–150 words health article/email (Paper 4 Q3, 9-criterion Range) | Speaking: health centre role play + topic conversation (conditional sentences required in 2 of 5 questions)
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Vocabulary
Tap each card to reveal the meaning, category and example.
Three-step recall
- Say the Arabic aloud.
- Cover the meaning and recall it.
- Use six items in your own spoken or written sentences.
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Quizzes
Use the two short checks. Errors show you what to revise next.
Quiz 1 — Meaning check
0 / 61. What does الدِّقَّة الأَكاديمِيَّة mean?
2. What does مَقالة صِحِّيَّة mean?
3. What does التَّوازُن والتَّحليل mean?
4. What does نَطاق السَّنة التَّاسِعة mean?
5. What does الصَّوت التَّحليلي mean?
6. What does الاستِماع لِلجُمَل الشَّرطِيَّة mean?
Quiz 2 — Match Arabic and English
العربية
English
Matched: 0 / 6
Stretch challenge
Choose three matched items and combine them into one accurate sentence or short exchange.
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Grammar
Read the rule, notice the pattern and then produce your own examples.
Core rule / strategy
Listening strategy: conditional sentences in speech — إِذا is a clear signal word; students must identify: (1) what condition is stated, (2) what consequence follows. Medical passives in speech — يُعالَج sounds like yu-ʕā-laj; the emphasis pattern distinguishes it from active يُعالِج. Statistics in speech — numbers + بالمئة (percent) are key anchors.
Notice the pattern
- الاستِماع لِـإِذا يُساعِد على فَهم السَّبَب والنَّتيجة.
- التَّعَرُّف على المَبني للمجهول مَهارة مُهِمَّة.
- يَحتاج الطالب إلى التَّمييز بَين السِّجِلَّات.
- الاِستِماع للأَرقام والبالمئة مَهارة أساسية.
Accuracy checklist
- Check the subject and verb or noun/adjective agreement.
- Check gender, number and tense or time frame.
- Use the lesson structure in a complete, meaningful sentence.
- Read the sentence aloud and correct anything that sounds incomplete.
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Skills Practice
Practise listening, reading, speaking and writing with the same lesson language.
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Listening
Listen twice: first for the main idea, then for details.
الاستِماع لِـإِذا يُساعِد على فَهم السَّبَب والنَّتيجة. التَّعَرُّف على المَبني للمجهول مَهارة مُهِمَّة. يَحتاج الطالب إلى التَّمييز بَين السِّجِلَّات. الاِستِماع للأَرقام والبالمئة مَهارة أساسية. نَطاق السَّنة التَّاسِعة يَتَطَلَّب جُملاً شَرطِيَّة.
- What is the main topic?
- Write three Arabic words you recognise.
- What one detail can you hear or infer?
Teacher/partner guidance and possible answer
Read the Arabic text naturally twice. A successful answer identifies the lesson topic, any three accurate key words and one relevant detail from the text.
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Reading
Underline known words before answering.
الاستِماع لِـإِذا يُساعِد على فَهم السَّبَب والنَّتيجة. التَّعَرُّف على المَبني للمجهول مَهارة مُهِمَّة. يَحتاج الطالب إلى التَّمييز بَين السِّجِلَّات. الاِستِماع للأَرقام والبالمئة مَهارة أساسية. نَطاق السَّنة التَّاسِعة يَتَطَلَّب جُملاً شَرطِيَّة.
- What is the main topic of the text?
- Find two words or phrases connected with “Listening — Health and Lifestyle Texts”.
- What specific detail can you identify?
- Which grammar structure from this lesson appears, or could be added?
Reading support
Start with names, numbers, repeated words, connectors and familiar verb patterns. You do not need to translate every word.
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Speaking
Build your answer, then ask a follow-up question.
- Explain the topic “Listening — Health and Lifestyle Texts” in your own words.
- Use at least five items from the vocabulary section.
- Give an opinion or personal example and justify it.
- Ask and answer two follow-up questions with a partner.
Useful frame:في رَأيي... لِأَنَّ... أَيضاً... وَمِن جِهَةٍ أُخرى...
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Writing
Plan, write, check and improve.
Task: Write about Listening — Health and Lifestyle Texts. Use at least eight vocabulary items, the lesson grammar and two connectors. Target: 80–100 words, extending to 130–140 words for an extended exam-style task.
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Activities
Complete the activities in order, or choose the one that addresses your weakest area.
Starter10 min
Pre-listening — academic health register prediction
Study task sheets. Annotate all questions: "Q1 asks for a STATISTIC — listen for a number + بالمئة. Q2 asks about a CONDITIONAL relationship — listen for إِذا. Q3 asks about a PASSIVE medical procedure — listen for يُعالَج/يُشَخَّص prefix pattern. Q4 asks about the writer's RECOMMENDATION — listen for ينصح/يُوصى." This targeted prediction, now in its most sophisticated form in P1, takes only 3–4 minutes and significantly improves accuracy.
Main 125 min
Three IGCSE-format listening tasks
Text 1 (55 sec): A nutritionist discusses the Mediterranean diet and its benefits — 8 multiple choice (3 options): which food group is emphasised, what percentage reduction in heart disease is claimed, what the nutritionist says about processed food, one conditional recommendation (if you eat X then Y — listen for إِذا), one passive structure (is recommended — يُوصى بـ), the nutritionist's view on supplements, a comparison between two diets (أَفعَل form), and the closing recommendation. Text 2 (45 sec): Two young people discuss exercise and mental health — matching (Person A / Person B / Both). 6 statements. Text 3 (55 sec): Health expert describes the risks of screen addiction — select TWO correct statements from five. Academic vocabulary and passive structures. All texts played twice.
Main 212 min
Conditional and passive analysis in listening
Go through answers. Special focus: (1) Conditional in Text 1 — "The speaker said إِذا أكَلتَ الخضروات يومياً، ستُقَلِّل من خطر الإصابة بأمراض القلب. Did you catch إِذا? Did you hear the future verb in the result clause? You who missed the conditional often chose a distractor that was a general health statement rather than a specific cause-effect pair." (2) Passive in Text 3 — "يُعاج المريض بـ vs يُعالِج الطبيب المريض — different emphasis on the يُ prefix. In passive, يُ + ā vowel in the first syllable. Did you catch this distinction?" (3) Statistical distractor — "The speaker said خمسة وثلاثون بالمئة (35%) but some You chose 53% — how? Reversing the tens and units in Arabic numerals is a very common error. Always listen for the higher number first in Arabic (e.g. عشرون وخمسة = 25, not خمسة وعشرون for traditional order)."
Main 36 min
P1 performance tracking
You record P1 listening score and begin the P1 cumulative tracker. Compare to the end of D1–D6 (D6 listening score) as a baseline. Write: "My P1 listening accuracy was [X/20]. Compared to my D1–D6 final score, this is [better/same/worse]. My main challenge in academic health listening is [X]. My strategy: [specific action]."
Plenary7 min
Thirty seconds of Arabic health speech
Play 30 seconds of Text 1 again. Write: every health noun heard, every Form II/IV verb heard, any passive or conditional structure heard. Compare lists. Count per student. "In 30 seconds of academic health Arabic you identified [average] structures correctly. At the start of F1–F6, you understood zero words of Arabic speech. The growth is real and the trajectory is exactly where it should be for Year 11 IGCSE readiness."
Useful resources
- Listening task sheets (3 health/lifestyle texts)
- IGCSE Paper 1 all question formats
- Conditional sentence tracking sheet
- Cumulative P1 performance tracker
Stretch / heritage-reader challenge
Heritage readers: listen to Text 3 and transcribe the complete text from memory. Compare to teacher or partner's transcript. Identify: all passive structures, all conditional sentences, all statistics, and any academic vocabulary from P1. Write a 50-word Arabic critical analysis of how the health expert presents their argument — is it balanced? evidence-based? persuasive?
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Plenary
Finish with a quick check and one clear next step.
Key takeaways
- Complete IGCSE Paper 1 format listening tasks on health and lifestyle themes
- Identify conditional sentences and passive structures in fast spoken Arabic
- Apply advanced distractor avoidance strategies with academic health vocabulary
- Grammar focus: Listening strategy: conditional sentences in speech — إِذا is a clear signal word; students must identify: (1) what condition is stated, (2) what consequence follows. Medical passives in speech — يُعالَج sounds like yu-ʕā-laj; the emphasis pattern distinguishes it from active يُعالِج. Statistics in speech — numbers + بالمئة (percent) are key anchors.
Exit ticket
IGCSE-format listening tasks (collected). P1 performance tracker (collected — baseline established). Conditional/passive identification in review analysis.
Optional follow-up
Portfolio piece final version due next lesson. Listen to 5 minutes of Arabic health content (WHO Arabic, Al Jazeera health reports, Arabic health YouTubers). Write: 5 health vocabulary items heard, 2 structures (passive or conditional) identified, 1 statistic caught, 1 observation about academic register in spoken Arabic.
Confidence check
How secure do you feel after this lesson?
Remember: quick revision works best when you revisit weak vocabulary and correct errors, not when you try to complete everything in one sitting.