Money we spend

Jan 24, 2025

LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

practise money and shopping related vocabulary,
discuss the cost of living in different places,
talk about shopping preferences and experiences,
evaluate situations related to shopping,
watch two videos: one about the cost of living in the Netherlands and one about a shop in Germany.

In the first lesson of the set, students learn verbs related to money and vocabulary to talk about spending money. They also compare costs of living. In the second lesson, students practise the vocabulary further while talking about shopping.

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Lesson 1

Introduce money-related vocabulary

Flipped Lesson 60 min Unlimited Plan

How much does it cost?

General

Students learn money-related verbs (e.g. earn, cost, spend, lend) and use the vocabulary to talk about the cost of living. They also do listening comprehension activities and respond to a video.

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Lesson 2

Encourage students to talk about shopping

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Shopping experience

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Students categorize vocabulary related to shopping (e.g. cashier, discount, second-hand) and share their shopping preferences. Encourage students to use the shopping-related verbs from Lesson 1 in ex. 4 and 5 (slides 11-16).

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