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Economic Crisis
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Virtual University of Tunis
English for Social Sciences
Economic Crisis
• Lesson Title : Economic Crisis
• A summary of the lesson
Learn about how the city of Dubai is living the global economic crisis.
• Key Words of the lesson
Economic, comparative, superlative
• Introduction of the author
Boutheina Lassadi‐Sayadi, Hached Hadhemi, Narjes Ben Yedder, Triki Rim, Ben Ammar Imed
• Task duration for the student
1 week : 2 hours
• Date of the latest updating
2009
• Lesson objectives:
Develop and explore new vocabulary related to economy and practice using this
new vocabulary in context;
Listen to a podcast on signs of economic recovery in China;
Practice listening to and writing in English by completing a dictation on
accreditation in American universities;
Learn about the comparative and the superlative in English and distinguish
between short and long forms, regular and irregular forms.
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Boutheina Lassadi‐Sayadi, Hached Hadhemi, Narjes Ben Yedder, Triki Rim, Ben Ammar Imed
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