BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH: HEALTH & MEDICINE

Talking about health in English can be stressful, as it requires specific vocabulary and the ability to describe situations clearly. You need to say what hurts, how someone is feeling, what has happened, what the problem looks like, or what a doctor’s appointment is about. And when you can’t find the right word, you can easily get stuck.

BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH: HEALTH & MEDICINE helps overcome this difficulty in a dynamic and engaging way. It’s a game similar to ‘Taboo’, in which players describe terms related to health and medicine, but must do so without using selected forbidden words. This helps them learn to paraphrase, find associations and explain meanings in English, even when they cannot use the most obvious expression.

The game develops not only vocabulary but also practical communication skills. Participants describe, guess, listen, react and try to convey the meaning as effectively as possible. This is particularly useful when discussing health-related topics, where precision is important, but so is flexibility in speech.

On the reverse of the cards are additional conversation questions — sometimes serious, sometimes humorous — which open up opportunities for longer conversations. Thanks to these, the words learnt do not remain mere isolated terms, but are immediately placed in a practical context: opinions, stories, reactions and discussions.

BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH: HEALTH & MEDICINE is ideal for lessons, private tuition, language courses, conversation classes, at home or in a group of people who want to speak English more often, with greater confidence, and on topics that are genuinely useful in everyday life.

It’s a brilliant way to get to know medical vocabulary without the tedious task of memorising words. Here, learning happens through conversation — with emotion, laughter, friendly competition and real-life use of the language.