The Price of Corporate Fraud

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – practice C2-level vocabulary;
• – improve reading comprehension;
• – watch a video about corporate fraud.

In this Proficiency lesson plan, students learn how to identify and discuss various types of corporate fraud through reading, vocabulary matching, and ethical scenario analysis. 

Warm-up:

Students read the statements and decide which type of corporate fraud each one describes.

Video:

Students watch an informative video titled “Young CEO Charlie Javice sentenced in $175M fraud case.” After viewing, they complete a matching exercise connecting sentence beginnings with appropriate endings based on the video content. 

Exercises:

Using provided phrases, students discuss suspicious situations with their teacher. In the second exercise, students read what someone says in corporate fraud situations and fill in the gaps in the sentences. Lastly, they choose the best response for each described fraud attempt.

Reading:

Students read a text about corporate fraud and answer questions for reading comprehension.

Discussion:

Students discuss the different fraud scenarios with their teacher using provided phrases.