WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF YOUR BANK? ARE THEIR CHARGES AND INTEREST RATES HIGH OR LOW? WILL THEY LEND YOU MONEY? WOULD YOU EVER CHANGE BANK?
VOCABULARY:
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LISTENING:
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LISTENING 2: SECURITY SYSTEMS
SPEAKING ACTIVITY:
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS
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Do like banks? |
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What are the good things about banks? |
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What are the bad things about banks? |
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What do you think of bank charges? |
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Are bank workers always helpful? |
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Has a bank ever made a mistake with your account/money? |
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Would you like to work for a bank? |
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Have you ever taken out a bank loan or overdraft? |
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What do you think of the Islamic banking concept of forbidding interest rates? |
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10) |
Would you like to use the services of an offshore bank? |
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS
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Are banks the best place to keep your money? |
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What makes you angry about banks? |
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Have you ever met your bank manager? |
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What banking services do you like most? |
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Do you ever have to wait a long time in the bank to get served? |
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What changes would you like to see in the way banks operate? |
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Are interest rates too high or too low in your country? |
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What are the differences between commercial, investment and merchant banks? |
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Do you use Internet banking services? |
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10) |
How often have you used a piggy bank? |
MODULO 5: SPORTS
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS AND TEAMS? ARE THEY PLAYING WELL THIS YEAR?
LISTENING ACTIVITY
A healthy lifestyle
VOCABULARY ACTIVITY
SPORTS
SPEAKING ACTIVITY
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS
| 1) | What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘sport’? |
| 2) | Why do so many people like sport? |
| 3) | Why are some people not interested in sport? |
| 4) | How often do you read sports news? |
| 5) | Do you prefer playing or watching sports? |
| 6) | Do you have good or bad experiences with sports at school? |
| 7) | Do you think sports stars have the best life? |
| 8) | Who is your favourite all-time sport star? |
| 9) | Richard M. Nixon said: "I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports." Do you agree? |
| 10) | George Orwell said: "Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting." Do you agree? |
| 1) | What’s your favourite sport? |
| 2) | Do you prefer watching sports at the stadium, at home on TV, or in a bar on a giant screen? |
| 3) | Would you like to play sport for a living? |
| 4) | How many hours of sport a week should children do at school? |
| 5) | Is football (soccer) THE world sport? |
| 6) | What is your country’s national sport? Do you like it? |
| 7) | What are blood sports and extreme sports? Do you like them? |
| 8) | Which sport has the best, fitted and most talented athletes? |
| 9) | Howard Cosell said: "Sports is the toy department of human life." Do you agree? |
| 10) | John Wooden said: "Sports do not build character. They reveal it." Do you agree? |
