63 B2+ | 8. Klasse | Unit 02: Big bucks or no dough? Writing your own essay The following tasks will help you to prepare to write an essay about young people and their finances. You will focus on organising your ideas, but also make sure that you know how to express them well. Think about your own financial situation. Which of the following terms about finance are relevant to your own life? account budget credit card debts expenses loan overdraft Start by making sentences that are true about you. Be careful to use the correct collocations with the nouns, for example: I have a € 250 overdraft on my account at the moment, but I have never exceeded my overdraft limit. Now turn the sentences in b that are about you into statements about young people in general: Many young people have a significant overdraft on their account, even if they never exceed the overdraft limit. You might be able to use these general statements as supporting examples when you write your essay. The title of the essay you are going to plan in this section is: Should young people know more about money and finance? There are different kinds of essays, but in an opinion essay such as this, the first step is deciding whether you agree or disagree with the statement in question. Let’s assume you agree in this case. The texts in tasks 1–3 (Language and Language in Use) in this unit address many different issues related to young people and finance. Study the language used in these texts and fill in the gaps in the following short texts in a meaningful way. WRITING 4 a b c WRITING 5 Writing tip In an essay, you can use your own experience as a starting point for coming up with convincing, more general arguments. Thinking about your own experiences with the topic of the essay is also a good way to brainstorm the language you are likely to need before you start writing. Text 1: Young people and credit card debt Older people often think that young people have financial problems because of (1) , but this is not always true. For example, credit card companies sometimes take (2) of their young customers. Their financial problems make young people feel (3) because they believe their situation is their own fault and (4) because they do not see a way out. Some even feel (5) ill sometimes. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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