Report writing , practice

1. Report writing, practice HW 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

2. HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions.

3. HW check: RB, p 47 Write the questions. • ____ ____ give a country an absolute or comparative advantage in goods or services over other producers?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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.?

10. 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.?

11. 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?

12. 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?

13. 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

14. 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

15. Describing graphs: Adverbs & Adjectives Describing changes in more detail RB, pp 32-33

16. A D + V E R B S SIZE / DEGREE OF CHANGE The oil prices rose . SPEED OF CHANGE In November the oil prices started falling abruptly. A D J E C T I V ES+NOUNS SIZE / DEGREE OF CHANGE There was an increase in the price of gold. SPEED OF CHANGE The stock markets saw an abrupt decrease in the ratings. ADJECTIVES or ADVERBS used in describing trends or movements sharp sharply

17. RB, p 32 I Adverbs and adjectives. II Change these adjectives into adverbs. RB, p 33 III Underline the correct word in each sentence.

18. MAKE ADVERBS. rapid quick slight moderate dramatic considerable substantial gradual steady wonderful

19. MAKE ADVERBS. rapid quick slight moderate dramatic considerable substantial gradual steady wonderful rapidly quickly slightly moderately dramatically considerably substantially gradually steadily wonderfully

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

21. RB, p 33 IV

22. Sign up for a debate (or I will) 27 March / 1 April – THB free trade isn't  (1 debateon 1 AprilTue?: _______, ________, _______, _______) 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: ________, ________, _______, _______)