ACADEMIC ENGLISH

B1 to B1+ Level

CONSUMERISM
 GOALS
1. Students would be able to share their ideas on consumerism related trend.
2. Students would have development on vocabulary, listening and reading.
3. Students would be able to read given data and picking up the main trend.
4. Students would be able to learn from their mistakes and do better
practices.
ACTIVITY 1- LEAD IN

Rate yourself from 1-10, in which rate is your

- daily internet use
- zoom meeting frequency
- online shopping
 ACTIVITY 2- DISCUSSION
Topic 1:
An enormous increase in internet use continues happening due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Topic 2:
Business in technological equipment shows a peak in sale figures following a rise in demand.

Topic 3:
Unrestricted online buying could result in setback of a country economic growth.

Topic 4:
There should be limitation on buying overseas goods and using their services.
 ACTIVITY 3- VOCABULARY
Vocabulary Definition
a. Euphemism 1. To force someone to do something.
The article made so much use of euphemism that 2. No past existence/ never happened or existed in the past.
often its meaning was unclear. 3. A word of phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or
b. Cyberspace offensive word.
You can find the answer to almost any question in 4. The internet considered as an imaginary area without limits
cyberspace where you can meet people and discover information about any
c. Bot subject.
Criminals create networks of boats that roam the 5. A computer program that works automatically, especially one
internet infecting PCs with malware. that searches for and finds information on the internet.
d. Compel
Covid-19 outbreak compels people to buy goods
online.
e. Unprecedented
We’ve entered an age of unprecedented prosperity.
ACTIVITY 4- LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Watch a TED Video entitled The Joy of Shopping and How to Recapture It Online.
Make some notes while you listen and share points that you get after watching.
ACTIVITY 5- SPEAKING

How important is it to know consumes’ behaviour?

ACTIVITY 6- SPEAKING

How important is it for a businessman to know do market research?

Is it crucial for a businessman to have abilities and skills in collecting and analysing data?
ACTIVITY 7- READING AND WRITING
• What can you understand from
this data?
• Write a report based on the data
given here.