Unit 6 | Session 2

Money Lessons
Learning objective: give shopping tips on saving money
 Unit 6 | Session 2
Money Lessons
Learning objective: give shopping tips for saving money

Lesson Overview
1 Get started: Street markets
2 Listening: podcast: Advice on saving money
when shopping
3 Reading: blog post: Shopping for carpets
4 Speaking: Shopping tips for saving money
5 Progress check
Get started: Street markets
6-8 min
Think about street markets

• What can you buy there?

• Do you think that you spend

more or less money in markets?
Why?

• What advice do you have for

shopping in street markets?
LISTEN FOR GIST Street markets and shopping tips
1 Does the speaker like shopping in street markets?
Street markets are a perfect place to find great prices, save lots of money, and find what we want
Think about street markets

• What can you buy there?

• Do you think that you spend

more or less money in markets?
Why?

• What advice do you have for

shopping in street markets?

TAKE NOTES!
LISTEN FOR GIST Street markets and shopping tips

1 Put these topics in the correct order.

2❑ Make a list
3 ❑ Use cash
4❑ Save first, spend later
5❑ Discuss the price
1❑ Decide a number

2 How does the man compare shopping in

a market and a store?

But how often do you walk into a store “just to look”

and walk out with a lot of things you don’t need?
LISTEN FOR DETAIL Use the toold TEXTO to match the
phrases with the tips.
Match the phrases (1-5) to the tips (a-e)
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2
3 3

5 5

1 1
4
READ FOR DETAIL: Shopping for carpets

Read a blog post about a visit to a street

market.
1 What advice did the person take and what
advice did he not take?

❑ Make a list
❑ Use cash
❑ Save first, spend later
❑ Discuss the price
❑ Decide a number

2 What happened in the end?

3 What mistakes did the shopper make?

Speaking: Shopping tips for saving money
Prepare to speak.

Think of three of your own tips for
saving money on a shopping trip.
Consider price, number of shops,
sales, shopping online or in person.
Useful language
Remember to compare prices…
If you really want something…
Don’t buy the first… that you see
Go online and check..
You should… / shouldn’t…
Speaking: My shopping tips for saving money

1 Share your tips and ideas.

2 Discuss any similarities or differences between your ideas.

Useful language
Our tips were really similar because …
All of our tips were …
Most of us thought that…
Some of the tips were different… for example…
Progress check

Now I can ...

❑ listen to and understand a short podcast.

❑ read and understand a short blog post.

❑ give tips for saving money when shopping.

 Unit 6 | Session 2
Money Lessons
Learning objective: give shopping tips on saving money

Thank you!