OP Unit 5 The Consumer Society

OP unit 5: The consumer society
Objectives:         Listening:  Documentary consumer behaviour
                                 Speaking:  Discussing impact consumer society
                                 Writing:       Summarising and formulating opinion
                                 Grammar:   Nouns review
                                 Reading:     CPE reading and Use of English part 1 and 2


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OP unit 5: The consumer society
Objectives:         Listening:  Documentary consumer behaviour
                                 Speaking:  Discussing impact consumer society
                                 Writing:       Summarising and formulating opinion
                                 Grammar:   Nouns review
                                 Reading:     CPE reading and Use of English part 1 and 2


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Don't you just love shopping?

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... and having nice dinners?

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 .. and travelling?

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What do you think we're looking at here?

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Consumer spending is one of the most important driving forces for global economic growth. (World Economic Forum, n.d.)

  • Have you ever felt (slightly) quilty when buying a new item? Explain. When? Why?
  • Have you ever felt (slightly) guilty when travelling? Explain. When? Why?
  • Have you ever felt (slightly) guilty when eating? Explain. When? Why?
  • Have you ever changed your consumer behaviour after reading or watching documentaries/news/debates, etc? 
  • Can you think of reasons why it is so hard to change our behaviour?

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Assignment: The story of stuff

  • Go to the next link and choose a video: https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/

  • Write a summary of the video you watched, voice your opinion of this video and add this to the next slide.

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Write a summary of the video you watched and voice your opinion of this video below.

Slide 8 - Open question

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Countable nouns
Study the grammar on page 181!

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Learn the list on page 44!!!!

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Possesives (the genetive)
People               John's sister - James's sister - my parents' car
Time                    a year's salary - one month's notice - a 3 weeks' holiday 
Distance                 an hour's drive - a mile's walk - a stone's throw

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Unit 5
All exercises of pages 43 – 45. 
Grammar of nouns review (p. 181).
Reading into writing: ex. 3 -6 (p. 47)
Do exam folder 3

Don't forget to study the exam vocabulary!

Units 1 and 11

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