Listening & Speaking: Spending Money (Pre-Intermediate)
Practice listening for gist and for specific information while exploring how we communicate in the modern world.
Pre-intermediate
45-60 minutes
Hello learners!
In this lesson you will practice listening and speaking on the topic of spending money. Through interactive listening and speaking tasks, you’ll develop key subskills for confident, real-world communication.
Lesson Snapshot
| Time on task | 45–60 minutes |
| Skills focus | Listening for gist, reading for specific information, speaking fluency |
| CEFR level | A2–B1 |
| Materials | Interactive activities, audio prompts, downloadable PDF handout |
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the main idea of a short audio text by listening for gist.
- Find specific details in the same text (e.g., what people are saving for, whether they borrow money, and why).
- Use and understand key vocabulary about money habits (spender, saving up, borrowing money, special offers).
- Express your own opinions about spending, saving, and borrowing habits with greater fluency.
- Interact with others by comparing your answers, giving reasons, and responding to different viewpoints.
Curriculum
- 3 Sections
- 6 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- Let's Get Started!Welcome to to this lesson on listening and speaking! Before you read, complete the activities below.2
- Time to Listen!Complete the exercises in order. (Reading taken from Empower Pre Intermediate, Doff, Thaine, Puchta, Stranks, Lewis-Jones with Burton, 2015, CUP Unit 3A p.31)3
- Time to Talk!Practice talking about this lesson's topic.2
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