Report writing, practiceHW check:• make sure you include the headings• organize your findings in the most logical manner

(subheadings, lists or signalling devices)• consider what conclusion and / or recommendation you

give (your contribution)• avoid too long sentences and repetitiveness• avoid contractions• when using sentences and not lists, use whole sentences

HW for next Tuesday, 1 April: RB p 26, TASK 3

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

• ____ ____ give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.• What can give a country an absolute or

comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

What can give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

• ____ ____ the theory of comparative advantage seem inadequate to explain international trade?

• What can give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

• Why does the theory of comparative advantage seem inadequate to explain international trade?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

• What can give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

• Why does the theory of comparative advantage seem inadequate to explain international trade?

• ____ ___ an infant industry?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

• What can give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

• Why does the theory of comparative advantage seem inadequate to explain international trade?

• What is an infant industry?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

• What can give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

• Why does the theory of comparative advantage seem inadequate to explain international trade?

• What is an infant industry?• ___ __ the advantage of tarrifs for the govt.?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

• What can give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

• Why does the theory of comparative advantage seem inadequate to explain international trade?

• What is an infant industry?• What is the advantage of tarrifs for the govt.?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

• What can give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

• Why does the theory of comparative advantage seem inadequate to explain international trade?

• What is an infant industry?• What is the advantage of tarrifs for the govt.?• What is the advantage of quotas ____ tariffs?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

What can give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

• Why does the theory of comparative advantage seem inadequate to explain international trade?

• What is an infant industry?• What is the advantage of tarrifs for the govt.?• What is the advantage of quotas over tariffs?

HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

• Reading: MK, p 133 Education and protection

Questions 1 & 2 + Discussion

Vocabulary, MK 134 + For and against free trade

In favour: A, C, E, F, I, J, L

Against: B, D, G, H, K, M, N

Which argument(s) do you find the most convincing?

DISCUSS

Handout

Mixed industry reaction to EU tariff on Chinese solar

Fill in the missing words and answer the questions.

What do you think happened next?

Find out for HW: RB, p 47 and do exercises V – VII on pp 47-48

Describing graphs: Adverbs & Adjectives

Describing changes in more detail

RB, pp 32-33

ADJECTIVES or ADVERBS used in describing trends or movements

A D + V E R B SSIZE / DEGREE OF CHANGE

The oil prices rose .

SPEED OF CHANGE

In November the oilprices started fallingabruptly.

A D J E C T I V ES+NOUNS

SIZE / DEGREE OF CHANGEThere was an

increase in the price of gold.

• SPEED OF CHANGEThe stock markets saw

an abrupt decrease in the ratings.

sharply

sharp

RB, p 32

I Adverbs and adjectives.

II Change these adjectives into adverbs.

RB, p 33

III Underline the correct word in each sentence.

MAKE ADVERBS.

• rapid• quick• slight• moderate• dramatic• considerable• substantial• gradual• steady• wonderful

MAKE ADVERBS.

• rapid• quick• slight• moderate• dramatic• considerable• substantial• gradual• steady• wonderful

• rapidly• quickly• slightly• moderately• dramatically• considerably• substantially• gradually• steadily• wonderfully

Verbs Adverbs Adjectives Nouns (a/an)

to increaseto growto riseto improveto go up

dramatically considerablysignificantlysharplysubstantially moderatelyslightlyabruptly,suddenly,rapidly, quickly,steadily, slowly egradually…

(a) dramatic D considerable E(a) significant G(a) sharp R(a) substantial E (a) moderate E(a) slight(an) abrupt S(a) sudden P(a) rapid E(a) quick E(a) steady D(a) slow(a) gradual

(an) increase(a) growth(a) rise(an) improvement(an) upturn

to decreaseto fallto dropto declineto go down

(a) decrease(a) fall(a) drop(a) decline(a) downturn

grow, rise, increase – not followed by “up”fall, drop, decrease – not followed by “down”

• RB, p 33 IV

Sign up for a debate (or I will)27 March / 1 April – THB free trade isn't 

(1 debate on 1 April Tue?: _______, ________, _______, _______)

3 April – THB EU does more harm than good

(8.30: Felix & Toni - _______, ________)(13.00: Karla K., Filip P. _______, _______)  

10 April – THB there is no such thing as too big to fail

(8.30 : Petra Č., Reneé G.O., _______, _______)

     (13.00 Antonela, Nina, Tessa & Mayya)

17 April – THB the Wall Street got away with it

(8.30: Andrea, Ema, Mirna & Valentina)(13.00: _______, ________, _______, _______)

24 April – THB Fed is better than ECB

(8.30:  Pavle, Ivan, ________, _______)

(13.00: _______, ________, _______, _______)

8 / 15 May - THB it’s a fugayzi, fughazi, it’s a wahzi...

(8.30:  Luka K., Luka B., ________, _______)

(13.00: ________, ________, _______, _______)