The spending maze

Situation

You work full-time in a computer business, TechnoZone. One day, you buy a one-euro lottery ticket. A month later you get a phone call from the lottery – Congratulations! You won the top prize – one million euros! What will you do?

a. Put all the money into your bank – you will decide what to do with it next month when youare less excited. Go to 1

b. Resign from your job – you never need to work again! Go to 2

c. Have a fantastic party to celebrate – invite all your friends, family and the people who work with you. Go to 3

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Here is a list of words related to business and finance used in the maze. You could focus on some or

business bank to employ to resign company manager to retire court lawyer interest in competition colleagues insurance salary boss to sue bills risk to invest full-time/part-time to run a business property business expand a business making money transaction to gamble Functional language pre-teaching It can really help the flow of conversation if students are confident in using functional language. In this activity, students will be discussing, negotiating and making decisions. They may also be arguing, disagreeing and changing their minds! Think of the different expressions and structures we use when we do these things; for example: "I think we should . . ." "That's a good idea but . . ." "What about . . ." "Let's . . ." "I don't agree with . . . " "I've changed my mind."

Mazes - The Spending

Friday 21 May 2021

The spending maze