Protecting your accounts from cyberfraud

Ewa | Mar 26, 2025

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• read an article about how to protect bank accounts from hackers;
• practise collocations related to online security;
• discuss fraud prevention and cybersecurity tips.

With this lesson, students talk about their experiences in protecting their bank accounts. They explore tips on cybersecurity, work with collocations (e.g. multifactor authentication, sensitive data, financial fraud) and discuss scam protection. Students also debate fraud prevention strategies, victim compensation and the pros and cons of different approaches to cyberfraud.

ACTIVITIES

After students read an article about protecting bank accounts from hackers, the lesson starts with a warm-up. They rate their knowledge of bank account security on a scale of 1–10, where ‘1’ means they do not know anything about the subject, and ‘10’ means they are an expert. Students explain their answers. Afterwards, they match sentence halves to create tips on cybersecurity (e.g. Download apps from reputable websites like Google Play or the App Store.). Students also pay attention to the collocations in the statements (e.g. reputable websites, faulty design, scam fraud). After that, they complete gaps in questions with the collocations from the previous task. They then answer the questions about online security and fraud prevention. Next, students review the tips from a previous exercise, discuss them and add more to the list of cybersecurity tips. Following that, they read ideas about cyberfraud prevention and victim compensation and say what the pros and cons of each of them are.

ARTICLE

https://eslbrains.com/crc084

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