Unit 14: Taxes II

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

• Applicable
• Bracket
• Burden
• Generate
• Import duty
• In effect
• Organ
• Per annum
• Progressive tax
• Raw materials
• Regressive tax
• Retail
• Subject to
• Tariff
• Tax break
• Tax reduction
• Wholesale

Students will be able to correctly answer true/false questions after reading and listening to topical short articles and dialogs featuring topical vocabulary.

Welcome, to Tax It - Today we will examine the different types of tax which are in effect today. There are many kinds of tax, each with a different mechanism of when and how the tax is due. In business, it is vital to understand when and how each of these taxes are calculated. Let's start with sales tax. In the US, this tax is often used as a method for states to generate revenue. Purchases at… Continue

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.