Students explore the history of money, cryptocurrency, saving and investing, and the cost of living. They compare systems, discuss risk and value, and explain financial concepts in everyday English.
Practice: Vocabulary in context, idioms, reading comprehension, role-play, and reasoned discussion.
Vocabulary: currency, precious metals, backed by, legal tender, digital funds, financial literacy; barter.
Language practice: Compare forms of payment, explain value and trust, and justify preferences in practical discussions.
Idioms & expressions: make ends meet, worth its weight in gold, a fool and his money are soon parted, put your money where your mouth is, live paycheck to paycheck, money doesn’t grow on trees.
Reading & speaking: Trace the development of money from barter to digital payments; discuss spending awareness, interpret expressions in context, and identify currencies from visual clues.