Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Isidro Almendárez López
Author-Workplace-Name: Departamento de Filología Inglesa I (Lengua y Lingüistica Inglesa). Universidad 
	Complutense de Madrid.
Author-Name: Ángel García Vaquero
Author-Workplace-Name: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Title: Learning English for economics through the mass media
Abstract: Our students of Economics have to read long texts referring to international different aspects of economic 
	theory, trade, business organizations, the world economy, etc. The main target, according to their curriculum, 
	is to achieve a good knowledge of a specific vocabulary which will facilitate them their understanding of a 
	written passage dealing with an economic issue. Apart from the implementation of different reading techniques, 
	we believe that the integration of the other three skills is the best way to achieve our aim. At the same time 
	we provide students with a more comprehensive knowledge of the language. According to this, we show different 
	activities we have carried out with our students at the Facul ty of Economics Uni vers idad Complutense 
	(Madrid) - when exploiting a cover story in regard to the recent American recession. The activities we include 
	range from exercises on lexis such as synonyms, fill-in the gaps, semantic fields, matching terms and 
	definitions to a grammar point to be studied in depth, together with the exercises that facilitate its 
	acquisition and finally sorne listening activities associated with notetaking and discussing and comprehension 
	questions from a video tape.

Keywords: Aprendizaje de Inglés; Textos de Economía; Medios de Comunicación.

Length: 29 pages 
Creation-Date: 1992 
Number: 92-34
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