3. UPPER-INTERMEDIATE: SHARES AND STOCKS

Shares and Stocks

Lesson 3: Upper-intermediate (8.3)

Class Objectives

Grammar Objective

Communicative Objective

New Vocabulary Objective

Warm-up

STOCK MARKET CONVERSATION

• What springs to mind when you hear the words 'stock market'?
• What causes stock market crashes?
• What do you think when you see pictures of people working inside a stock market?
• What are the differences between stocks and shares?
• What companies would you like to have shares in?

• What job do stock markets do?
• Would you like to work in a stock market?
• Do you think it's risky to invest in the stock market?
• Is the stock market in your country healthy?

Topic Introduction

STOCK MARKET VOCABULARY

• Match the words with the definitions (Click on the vocabulary to see the answers)

1. To have some authority or decision-making power
2. a unit of a corporation's stock that has been issued and is owned by the public or by private investors
3. a right to buy the common stock of a corporation at a specified price, by a specific date
4. the amount that you desire to pay for a particular share.
5. The stock’s latest trading prices contain information.
6. a person who buys and sells investment on your behalf and, in exchange, takes a certain amount of money called commission or fee
7. A company makes a profit, a particular portion of their earnings is distributed to shareholders or the people who own the company stock on a quarterly or annual basis
8. A bid price is nothing but the amount that you desire to pay for a particular share.
9. a collection of all the investments that an investor has made since he/she purchased a share for the first time.
10. It simply means the value of a company according to the stock market. That is the current value of all the shares of a company put together

outstanding share

valuation

DIVIDEND

have some say

portfolio

QUOTE

STOCK OPTION

BID PRICE

MARKET CAPITALISATION

BROKER

DISCUSSING A PREVIOUS CONVERSATION

• Is there a situation / problem in your company that has been difficult to solve?
• How many meetings does your team need to solve a situation/problem?
• Look at the expressions below. Have you used any of them in your meetings?

Responding to Information from a Previous Conversation

ASKING FOR GENERAL Information about a Previous Conversation

Asking for Specific Information about a Previous Conversation

Practice on the Virtual Campus

• It's time to go to the VIRTUAL CAMPUS and complete activity 9.

Practice

REPORTED QUESTIONS

• Check the grammar below (Click on the hexagons)
• Report the questions that you were asked in the warm-up

Reporting Question-Word Questions

Review of Verb Tense and Pronoun Changes

Reporting Yes/No Questions

Practice on the Virtual Campus

• It's time to go to the VIRTUAL CAMPUS and complete activity 6.

Production

INVESTMENT

• Read the 3 options for invesments
• Organize your ideas and select the best one individually
• Discuss with the class their own choices and reach an agreement

Info - stock option 2

Info - stock option 3

Info - stock option 1

ACTIVITIES - VIRTUAL CAMPUS

Do not forget to complete the remaining activites on the VIRTUAL CAMPUS.

FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS

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