What would
you do?
Give the
students some possibilities
to work with... I'd buy...
I'd go to...
I'd invest in...
I'd give... I'd invent...
Who wouldn't
like to dream about having a million dollars?
In the USA
there are 5.2 million millionaires, followed by Japan, China,
United Kingdom and Germany.
David
Weliver, a published financial adviser, talks about
millionaires.
"Millionaires
work feverishly towards their goals at all costs. The
difference between dreamers and performers is not the number of
ideas one has, but how one focuses on executing the best
ideas."
Who are Mark
Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew Mason, Matthew
Mullenwerg? First of all, they are all younger than 30 years
old.
Let the
students do some research on these young millionaires. (some are
even billionaires!) Where do they come from? What did they
study? What did they
create?
Since we're
talking about Millionaires, let's not forget the TV quiz
program
"Who wants to
be a Millionaire".
Let's use
this idea for a class project. Divide the class into two
groups. Each group will be assigned subjects (science,
history, famous people, curiosity etc) to make up quiz questions
, giving 4 alternative answers .
The "show"
can be with 4 contestants ( 2 from each group), who will have a
chance to answer the questions proposed by the students.
This can be
very interesting as the students will have to come up with
questions similar to those on the "real" TV program. It will
help them develop organizational skills, as well as new
vocabulary since the topics are all different.
I firmly
believe that anything that can stimulate the students to work
with the English language, has enormous benefits. This activity
can also open the way to the use of English in teaching various
school subjects.
A Nice Thought
"I am
opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me
the position"
Mark Twain