Investment & Risk Language

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 13 minBusiness EnglishLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: recommend a financial decision — take a clear position, size the upside and the downside, and show the hedge that makes the risk acceptable.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Making the risk case

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What the decision-maker is judging

    Read a 149-word text about What the decision-maker is judging

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Investment & Risk Vocabulary

    7 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The Risk Case

    The Risk Case, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model risk cases

    Read a 362-word text about Three model risk cases

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Investment Terms

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Investment Sentences

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Investment Strategy Discussion

    Role-play: You're meeting with a colleague to discuss the company's investment strategy for the coming year. (3 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: take a position

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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portfoliodiversifyyieldrisk appetitehedgevolatileequity

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