Go to bank and credit union sites and compare checking and savings accounts and car and home loans. Here are some bank sites to get you started:
A great site for comparing rates from lots of banks is www.bankrate.com
When you are done, put what you find in a Word table.
Here's a matching exercise on asking a bank employee about information. Click on the attachment.
Beehive.org has a "Financial Coach" to help you cut expenses and save your money.
Here are some sites that teach about money, but aren't made for ESL
Hands on Banking- An education site done by Wells Fargo that has four different levels
SmartMoney.Org- A consumer finance and banking
Practical Money Skills- Games that teach money skills
Bankrate.com Financial Literacy Guide
Mymoney.gov -Government information about money, credit, and banking
Here are California Distance Learning Project stories about banking:
Here are ESL-Lab.com exercises on money and banking:
This week's reading is on the economic crisis. The reading is at Key News, and is called The Economic Crisis and Its Causes. I've made an MP3 for it and it's attached below. There is also a PowerPoint for the vocabulary words and the Word document version of the reading.
