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The 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Cause/Effect Essay Practice
Introduction to Academic English
Essay Question:
The2008GlobalFinancialCrisisresultedintheworstrecessionsincethe1930s.Describethefactorsthatcausedthecrisisand,thesubsequentconsequences.
Subject-relevant vocabulary
Matchthesewords/terms/phrasestotheirmeanings: Findatleastfiveofthesewordsinyourpaperdictionary,foldthepage;highlightthe
word
Austerity Credit Greenback Penury The Fed
Borrow Debt Lend Recession Wall Street
CDOs Depression Mortgage Speculate Silicon Valley
Comprehension questions
TASK2 Whichfive countriesarementionedinthevideo?
(1)TheUSA
(2)TheUK
(3)Spain
(4)Ireland
(5)China
Comprehension questions
TASK2 Whichfive countriesarementionedinthevideo?
(1)TheUSA
(2)TheUK
(3)Spain
(4)Ireland
(5)China
Comprehension questions
TASK3
Statement True/False
1 In the 1970s prices of goods and products fell and living standards rose.
2 In the 1990s cheap credit (easy to get bank loans) made it easy for people to spend more money than they could afford to repay.
3 In the 1990s government regulations on mortgages were relaxed, it became easier for anyone to get a loan (borrow money) to buy a house.
4 Ireland, Spain and the USA lent a lot of money to China in the 2000s.
5 By 2007, many people realised the “debt bubble” was unsustainably large: many borrowers (people) would not be able to pay back the money they owed to banks.
6 Because the debt bubble was so big, governments had to step in and help the private banks.
7 As a result of the United Kingdom government’s “austerity measures” economic recession was avoided in 2011.
Comprehension questions
TASK3
Statement True/False
1 In the 1970s prices of goods and products fell and living standards rose. (false)
2 In the 1990s cheap credit (easy to get bank loans) made it easy for people to spend more money than they could afford to repay.
(true)
3 In the 1990s government regulations on mortgages were relaxed, it became easier for anyone to get a loan (borrow money) to buy a house.
(true)
4 Ireland, Spain and the USA lent a lot of money to China in the 2000s. (false)
5 By 2007, many people realised the “debt bubble” was unsustainably large: many borrowers (people) would not be able to pay back the money they owed to banks.
(true)
6 Because the debt bubble was so big, governments had to step in and help the private banks. (true)
7 As a result of the United Kingdom government’s “austerity measures” economic recession was avoided in 2011.
(false)
Reading, Notetaking, Organising & Writing
Format sources (author, date)
1 colour for “causes” (reasons); 1 colour for “consequences” (results)
Reading
Lookatthetitles: Whichdoyouthinkwillfocusonthereasons andwhichwillfocusontheresults?
TEXT 1: The Origins of the Financial Crisis
TEXT 2: What Caused the Financial Crisis?
TEXT 3: Good things that came out of the financial crisis
TEXT 4: Consequences of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Reading
Formatsourcesfor“in‐text”citations: Remember,ifnoauthorname,gofortheinstitution’sname.
TEXT 1: ~
TEXT 2: What Caused the Financial Crisis?
TEXT 3: Good things that came out of the financial crisis
TEXT 4: Consequences of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Reading
Formatsourcesfor“in‐text”citations: Remember,ifnoauthorname,gofortheinstitution’sname.
TEXT 1: ~
TEXT 2: What Caused the Financial Crisis?
TEXT 3: Good things that came out of the financial crisis
TEXT 4: Consequences of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
(The Economist, 2013)
(Thomas & Hennessey, 2011)
(Gandel, 2015)
(Eliot, 2014)
Notetaking and Organising
PersonallyIseethisasatwostepprocess; Steponetakenotes,dothispersource
Steptwoorganisethenotesintoalogicalstory(thismaymeanswitchingbetweenthesourcesasyouconstructacoherentandwellorganisedparagraphoutline)
Writing a descriptive paragraph
NowIwouldlikeyoutowriteabodyparagraphthatfocusesontheeffects.
The2008GlobalFinancialCrisisresultedintheworstrecessionsincethe1930s.Describethefactorsthatcausedthecrisisand,thesubsequentconsequences.
Remember:
• Thefirstsentenceisatopicsentence– nocitationrequired.
• Thelastsentenceshouldwrap‐uptheparagraph– nocitationrequired.
• Citations– (Author,Date)– gointhebodyofthebodyparagraph!
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