Friday, November 07, 2008

Unit 2: Money




Time is money. If you have some spare change of about 15 minutes, you might find the following video about money vocabulary of interest:

Misterduncan's lesson on money:



If you love lists, this might be your link for vocabulary on money: CLICK HERE

Now a question: Is money evil?
Another question: What is the last sentence in the video? Clue: it is a conditional sentence.

María sent the answer: "If a dollar was a chicken would the chicken be evil?" Well done!

Shania Twain, a Canadian singer, sings her vision on money and shopping (read the lyrics on page 20 of the Student's book or here):

Ka-ching:



MORE SPECIALISED LANGUAGE FOR BUSINESS ENGLISH TEACHERS AND LEARNERS:

1) Try to complete the following crossword (if you can't, use help buttons):

Crossword Puzzle: Marketing Vocabulary

2) Page with exercises about Business English, including grammar, vocabulary and language skills:

LINGUARAMA

3) Click on the following link to read a text on different cultural views and how they may affect business and answer the questions at the end. It comes from the same link above (linguarama).

Click here to read the text.