Saving up: solving money problems with a budget plan
Ryan helps Zoe find ways to save for a laptop; students learn advice language and money collocations, then solve three money problems in groups.
B1Teens45 minProblem solving
About this lesson
A B1 speaking lesson (problem solving). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Problem solving
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Business & money
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- If I were you, I'd..., You could..., Have you thought about...?, That might work., save up for, earn, cancel a subscription, do the maths
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Give advice with If I were you, I'd..., You could... and Have you thought about...?
- Use money collocations such as save up for, spend on and earn
- Work in a group to make a realistic plan to reach a money goal