CUC: Spend the money! speaking, listening, vocabulary

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Cambridge CAE 11-3

Today's aim: At the end of today's class you will be able to use new vocab/Idioms about money in context and you will be able to match statements to the correct speaker (listening part 4) in a way you prefer.

skills involved: 
Speaking part (part 1) (pick a side/take a stand (3 sentence answers and linking words)

Use of English (part 1/2) (Idioms/vocabulary in context)

Listening (part 4) other forms of currency

to-do today 11-3

Money quiz (find a corner)

take a stand (speaking)

Money vocab (Idioms /sayings and difficult words in context)

Other currency  (speaking part 4)

Which expression best summarises your general attitude towards money?

A. You can't take it with you - spend it now!

B. Money doesn't buy happiness.

C. Money makes the world go round.

Find your corner!

When I ask you why; always use three sentences to answer my question.

Handy words: However, on the one hand, what's more, in addition, moreover, besides, furthermore

What do you do if you need money to buy something expensive?

A. Save up until you have the money you need.

B. Borrow the money from a bank or your from your parents

C. arrange to pay for it in instalments

Find your corner!

When I ask you why; always use three sentences to answer my question.

Handy words: However, on the one hand, what's more, in addition, moreover, besides, furthermore

What would you do if you suddenly inherited a huge sum of money?

A. treat yourself to luxuries, like an expensive holiday or a new car

B. invest it wisely so you never have to work again

C. Donate some of it to your favourite charity

Find your corner!

When I ask you why; always use three sentences to answer my question.

Handy words: However, on the one hand, what's more, in addition, moreover, besides, furthermore

Take a stand and speak

Imagine: Amir found a €50,- note on the pavement outside a shop, He handed it over to the shop assistant in case the owner came in to claim it. Would you have done the same? 

yes? stand on the right

No? stand on the left

Take a stand and speak

Imagine: You are working as a teacher at a secondary school and one of the parents asks you to change answers for their son from incorrect to correct so they would pass their exam. You would be paid €10.000. Would you say yes?

yes? stand on the right

No? stand on the left

Take a stand and speak

Imagine: you are working for an international shipping company as a graphic designer for their advertising department. After a period of time you find out that the company you work for ships drugs in between the Bananas you guys sell. A. Would you leave your Job? B. Would you go to the Police?

yes? stand on the right

No? stand on the left

Money vocab/Idioms!

Vocab: Prosperity, overdraft, break even, bankruptcy, affluent, assets, squander, expenditure, rip-off, lucrative, debit card, scarce, plentiful, currency
Idioms: rolling in money, not for all the tea in China, money to burn, to be a penny pincher, money to burn, to bring home the bacon

Discuss with your neighbour; how many words do you know? How many do you not recognise?

Work on: 

p. 43: 1,2 and 3. 

Fast worker? move on to assignment 4

listening part 4

In this part of the exam you will hear 5 extracts in which 5 speakers talk about the same topic. You are given 8 statements and you must match the speaker to one statement in the set (let's have a look at p.50)

practice (listening p. 44)

we will now practice this with multiple choice questions (not the same as the exam, but this will help you to try and listen for more than one piece of information at the same time!) 

Lesson Check

1. Which new words or idioms do you take away from todays class?

2. which type of listener are you? 

Vocab: Prosperity, overdraft, break even, bankruptcy, affluent, assets, squander, expenditure, rip-off, lucrative, debit card, scarce, plentiful, currency

Idioms: rolling in money, not for all the tea in China, money to burn, to be a penny pincher, money to burn, to bring home the bacon