- Levels: B1B2C1
- Lesson Types: Vocabulary
- Recommended for: Balanced TeachingWorkshop
- Themes:
🕑 60-120 minutes
🎚 B1, B2, C1
🎯 – accuracy with advanced numbers, see “Slides Summary”
🕑 0-5 minutes
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Students will learn how to correctly express:
– cardinal numbers in both British and American English
– negative numbers and decimal numbers
– ordinal numbers and their use in dates
– common fractions
– years, understanding the different conventions for different periods
– various ways to say the number 0
– different amounts in euros, dollars, and pounds, including dealing with cents, pennies, and larger amounts.
Numbers are easy, right? In fact, test your students from B1 to C1 and you might find they have more difficulties than you expect! You may find questions like, “Where do I put the ‘and’?” or “How do I say the date properly?” or “How do I say the year 1908?”
Detailed Description
This workshop dives deep into the complexity of numbers. Students first check their cardinal numbers and learn where to put the ‘and’ if they are learning British English. They then see minus numbers, decimals, ordinal numbers, fractions, dates, years, and finally look at saying monetary amounts correctly. Expect to need longer than an hour to complete this workshop, or split it into two sessions.
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