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18. Economic GlobalisationBrainstorm1. Ask students what they think the words ‘economic globalisation’ mean.Write their ideas down on the board.Pre-teach: unification (noun): joining together.Ask students to read the first paragraph about economic globalisation.Pairwork2. Put the students into pairs. Ask them to look at the items around them inthe classroom and/or in the community (depending on what you have inthe classroom and how much time you have). Is there a label on any ofthese things to say where they are made (e.g. ‘Made in China)? If so, askthem to write the item down in their notebooks, including the informationabout where it was made. Then ask each pair to present their lists quickly tothe class. How many different countries do the things they found come from?Pre-teach:auction (noun): a sale of property to the person who pays the most money; to bid (verb): offera price for something; bidder (noun): a person who bids in an auction.Ask students to read the text about eBay: an internet miracle. Ask them towrite down any words that they don’t know. Elicit these words in turn. Ask ifthey, or other students can guess the meaning (give them some clues ifnecessary). If not, give them a dictionary to look it up and tell the class, or tellthem yourself.Pairwork3. True or false. Write the following statements (but not the answers!) on theboard. Put students into pairs. Give them about 10-15 minutes to decidewhether these statements are true or false. If false, they must give the correctstatement. When they have finished, elicit answers from pairs in turn andcheck agreement with the rest of the class.1. eBay helps people to buy and sell things on the internet.Answer: True.2. eBay makes money by selling goods.Answer: False. eBay makes money by asking sellers to pay a small amount of money toplace their advertisements, and also by taking a small percentage of the amount for whichthe item was sold.3. eBay only sells toys and sports equipment.Answer: False. The company sells many different things.4. In 2007, almost US$60billion of goods were sold through eBay websites.Answer: True5. Today eBay only does business in the USA.Answer: False. eBay operates websites in more than 30 countries.The Curriculum Project ECONOMICS: an introduction - Teacher’s Guide66
Economic Globalisation (cont’d)Pre-teach:isolated (verb): separated from others.relative (adj): considered in relation to something else, proportionateto relax (verb): here it means ‘to make less strict’technique (noun): a way of doing somethingrepetitive (adj): repeated many timesplentiful (adj): available in large quantitiesGroupwork1. Quiz. Put students into groups of 3-5. Give them 15 minutes to read andunderstand the information about ‘eBay:an economic miracle’, ‘Air Travel’,‘China’ and ‘Nokia’. Explain that after 15 minutes there will be a quiz, butthey won’t be able to look at the information in the book - only use theirmemories.When the time is up, write the first question below on the board and read itto the class. Give them about 2 minutes to prepare and write down ananswer in their groups. Then get each group to swap their answers. Elicit theanswer from one group. Check that the class agree. Then, have each groupcorrect the answers of the other group. Correct grammar is not importantfor this exercise, but meaning is very important. If a group gets the answerright they receive two points. If they get it ‘half right’ they get one point. Dothe same process with the other questions below, keeping scores on theboard to see which group gets the most points.Here are the questions and suggested answers (students’ answers can bein a different form as long as the key information is correct):1. How did the internet help eBay to grow its business?The internet allowed people all over the world to easily buy and sell things fromeach other.2. How many passengers are now transported by air every year?About 1.6 billion passengers are now transported by air every year.3. Why has the Chinese economy grown so quickly in the past fifteen years?The Chinese economy has grown so quickly because the government has relaxedthe economic laws.4. China is the world’s largest consumer of which goods?China is the world’s largest consumer of wood, steel, coal, meat and grain.5. Why can unskilled workers work in Nokia’s factory in Dongguan?Modern production techniques mean that unskilled workers can produce hightechnologyproducts.6. What are the advantages for Nokia of establishing a factory in Dongguan?Factory land and labour are cheap and plentiful.The Curriculum Project ECONOMICS: an introduction - Teacher’s Guide67
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