THAT'S ENGLISH! - MODULE 8 – UNIT 2 a) GRAMMAR − Agreeing (So / Neither) http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/so-and-neither http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes12/so_neither.htm − Expressions to disagree http://www.ihbristol.com/useful-english-expressions/example/disagreeing-with-people1/8 − Passive of ditransitive verbs http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-4216.php http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/presten8.html b) READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii231/esl-answers.php http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-bank.htm http://isabelcota.blogia.com/2013/022001-the-credit-crunch.php Two major financial scandals: http://www.onestopenglish.com/grammar/pdf-content/vocabulary-american-english/americanenglish-finance-worksheet/147057.article Swiss banks: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0903/090314-swiss_banks.html Either Way (Listen – Read and Translate) http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/31/1096072/-Mark-Fiore-Either-Way# c) LISTENING COMPREHENSION Listen and read: Banks: From Savings Accounts to Certificates of Deposit http://www.dailyesl.com/bank-services.htm First Mountain Bank http://esl-lab.com/bank/bankrd1.htm Financial Crisis http://www.elllo.org/english/0951/T962-Hana-Crisis.htm Subprime Housing Crisis http://www.elllo.org/english/Step/T006SubPrime.html
d) WRITING “People are spending less money on leisure activities and holidays than in the past.” Write an entry in this forum. Give your opinion and explain why. (book page 28) e) SPEAKING http://www.esldiscussions.com/b/banks.html http://www.esldiscussions.com/f/finance.html