Watch You tube: Budgeting

See if you can watch some of the excellent videos produced for the  ACCA exams regarding budgeting, as we will be practising the final Reading task (part 6) in the next class and you will need to be able to discuss some of the issues raised. The mind maps they use are a good way to record key concepts and you will also have some realistic listening practice.
You might also like to look at  other videos that are linked regarding  financial performance and also money laundering.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB4FRDPbAv8&feature=related

ICFE Listening Test tips from Cambridge website

Read the recommended Do's and Don'ts for the different parts of the test and we will have a quiz about them in the next class.
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach-support/icfe/listening/about_the_paper/dos_donts.html

BBC : Currency wars

Follow the link and watch the video.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11722578
How is Costa Rica affected by the actions of QE2?

Unit 8 Tax Havens

Watch and listen to this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/03/090313_tax_havens.shtml
We will be looking at tax evasion in class

Unit 6/7 Ethics and Transparency

The BBC Learning English have a great news link on the latest Transparency International Report; you can read, watch and listen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/10/101027_witn_corruption_page.shtml

We can discuss this in class and  use the relevant vocab to talk about Costa Rica.

Review Unit 2 Language of Financial performance

The listening Exam may have  short reports on a company's financial performance.
Look at the link and note the significant figures. Try to listen to very short news reports to practise this task.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101028/tts-uk-shell-ca02f96.html

Watch Executive Vision Season 2 on cnbc

I stumbled upon this  on cnbc and highly recommend watching the programme on philanthropy.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39383235/CNBC_PRESENTS_SEASON_TWO_OF_EXECUTIVE_VISION_A_FIVE_PART_PRIMETIME_GLOBAL_SERIES_EXPLORING_LEADERSHIP_IN_ACTION

Extended listening video

http://tv.accaglobal.com/#
Watch the video on ICFE and ACCA in Pakistan and we will discuss and compare the situation there for young people.

Unit 5 Financial Audit on You Tube

The presenter who is an ex-Deloitte accountant  is very entertaining to watch and gives lots of memorable financial explanations for students preparing for the USA CPA exam. Watch him and then we will discuss his presenting/teaching style in class.There are also a lot of other related short clips to watch and I welcome any links to share on this blog


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBV82cYd7Y4&feature=related

Some free listening exercises

http://www.audioenglish.net/english-learning/efl_accounting.htm
There is quite a lot of free stuff on this site to practise listening.

Brazil

http://sites.cantos.com/economist-intelligence-unit/10/eiu-july-2010/public/
Watch and listen and note useful language.

Excellent Listening materials

http://www.accountancyage.com/accountancyage/video/2269916/video-small-plcs-struggle

Try and watch this and the website's other excellent videos