1. UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE
ENGLISH LEVEL II
2012-1

2. To role play an accident-related scenario.
To list major types of injuries that result from accidents
To analyze an accident (behaviors and age groups that are
typically involved In accidents; issues of speed, impact,
and collision; distractions)
To discuss types of injuries associated with driving
accidents
To fill in an Accident Report

3.  Choose one of the following accident-
related scenarios:

4. Injured #1: Spinal Cord Injury:
You're an accident victim making a report to a
police officer:
 Thrown from vehicle, not
moving legs, but free to
move hands, face up
 Conscious, able to talk
 Describes the following
conditions:
Extreme pain or
pressure in the neck, head,
or back
Tingling or loss of
sensation in the hand,
fingers,
feet, or toes

5. Injured #2: Shock Victim with Broken Bones:
You're a reporter asking bystanders to describe a
crash they witnessed
 Either ultra‐conscious,
restless, and anxious, or
decreased level of
consciousness
 Weak and rapid pulse
 Cold (possibly shivering)
and wet skin, possibly
pale
 Breathing irregularly

6. Injured #3: Brain Injury
You're at the hospital with an injured relative,
explaining the doctor your relative fell off a
fifth floor
 Dilation of the pupils
 Thirsty
 Nauseous
 Unable to move one arm,
any movement causes
sharp pain
 Injured cannot remember
details, the names of
companions, where
he/she lives

7. Injured #4: Burn victim in arms
You're describing the damage from a fire
to an insurance agent.
Second degree burn:
Swelling
redness
Inflammation
Blistering of the skin
Extreme pain

8. Injured #5
You're on the phone with a 911
operator.
 Got a shot.
 Partial or complete loss of
control over any part of the
body
 Abnormal band‐like sensations
in the thorax (upper chest)—
pain, pressure
 Impaired breathing after injury
 Unusual lumps on the head

9. Injured #6:Slipping on wet floor
You're a victim reporting your ARP
an accident
 Slipping on a wet floor
 pain of the injury
 limited mobility
 Sprain
 Possible fracture

10.  Organize yourself in groups of 3 or 4 and start
writing the dialogue for the role-play.

11. Present your role play and accident report to
the class.

12.  Plan your time
 Assign a role to each
member of the group
 Bring proper outfits on the
day of the presentation

13. Evaluation checklist
You will be evaluated
on:
Fluency and coherence
Vocabulary
Grammar
Creativity

14. Ready…?