Mental Health Lessons for Somali English Language Learners - Full PDF
The goals of these English Language Learning lessons of the Egal Shidad Mental Health Project are to (1) develop adult Somalis’ knowledge related to mental health and mental health care and (2) develop their English language communication skills specific to mental health.
All language acquisition activities in this collection of lessons rely on students viewing and reviewing key segments of the Egal Shidad Mental Health Video, thereby increasing their exposure to the content while building the vocabulary and other language skills needed to discuss mental health issues in English.
The ELL lessons and accompanying resources are also available as linked web pages.
Topics: Community Health, Cultural Competence, English Language Learning-ELL, Health Care Access, Immigrants, Mental health, Public Health, Refugees, Storytelling, Translation
New Routes Project: Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health for Radio, TV and Classroom Use
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