Economy The
Lesson Plan
Objectives
Express your opinion…..
Vocabulary expansion Pronunciation improvement Grammar development Confidence building Comparative and superlative tenses • Reduction in translation time • • • • •
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Lesson Plan A highly interactive lesson plan designed to get you to talk. Challenging and results orientated you will discuss a very topical subject that is common place in every language.
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A lesson plan designed to get you to talk! 1. Describe the economical situation in your country.
3. Has your country ever been in a great economical position? When? Why?
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2. In your opinion, which country is performing the best in terms of having a balanced economy.
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4. Did you personally experience the effects of the global economic crisis? How? When?
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5. Do you think that the economy in your country will get stronger or weaker in the future? Why?
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6. If you were responsible for your economy for just a day, what would you do differently?
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7. If you could ask a question to an economist in your country, what would it be?
! The following link is from the British Council and is one we recommend for research on comparative and superlative adjectives.
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Link:https:// learnenglish.britishcou ncil.org/en/englishgrammar/adjectives/ comparative-andsuperlative-adjectives
Some interesting links to practice your listening skills taken from the BBC Panorama series.
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Link:https:// www.youtube.com/ w a t c h ? v=NKVPwdNVb4s
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8. Do you think that people live beyond their means in your country? Why?
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9. In your opinion, what is the difference between a luxury and a necessity?
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10. Describe how your economy used to be compared to how it is today.
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11. Describe the housing market in your country. Is it strong or weak? Explain why.
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15. Has technology effected your economy?
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Voice tones can change the meaning of a sentence. They can help you relate to how passionate you feel about a topic or a subject to your audience.
16. Could your job be replaced by technology in the future?
12. Is it better to buy a house or rent one? Why?
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17. How have shopping habits changed over the last 5 years?
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13. Is it easy to obtain loans and credit cards in your country?
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14. Have some businesses grown while others have contracted over the last 5 years? Why?
Interview practice with a TEFL business instructor who has 5 years experience in the recruitment sector.
• Practice in role play scenarios. • Translate your skill set into English. • Learn about telephone etiquette and how it can effect your telephone interview. • Use recorded sections of your class to learn about how voice tones effect an interview. • Study the different formats for a job interview. • Learn how to talk about your educational background and experience in detail. • Build business vocabulary.
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Listening skills A collection of audios to help you… We know that listening skills have a direct impact on the way that you interact both in informal and formal environments.
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These audios were designed for students
to identify with recording information.
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Based on a series of 4 audios, you will hear the voice of our business instr uctor within different scenarios. Listen to the
audios to see how much information you can retain.
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The jobs market 18. Is it easy or hard to find a job in your country?
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19. Describe the best method for finding a job in your country.
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20. How has the jobs market changed in the last 5 years?
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21. Are loans necessary?
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