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====   The project is intended to equip students with a good command of English to satisfy various communication needs in their future study and work, to embed English literacy in general as well as English literacy at an academic professional level in the financial area; to further develop research and inquiry skills, group participation skills, and to hone presentation skills. ====  The final stage of the project is delivering an effective presentation.

 The project is to be done by a team of students: 2 - for a project preparation; 1 - for conducting a discussion on this project (you are free to distribute  the roles). Performance is assessed on an individual basis taking into account the quality of the product produced, the depth of the content:

 Presentation – 5

   Summary       - 2,5

 Discussion     - 2,5

 Duration of the presentation -10-12min.

 Duration of the discussion     - 15 min.





Use the following methodology to prepare a project:
          STEP 1 Information Gathering 

 Choose the topic of your project that flows from your personal interest within the financial subject area. Select the material for your project:3-4  (at least 8-10 pages) articles/publications from reliable sources such as periodicals “The Economist”, FT, Fortune and others and pick out additional online materials: documentaries, video, interviews, debate, movies, podcasts…

 Exemplary Topic List  :

 ·           The History of Money

 ·           Three Financial Tools that Revolutionized the Financial Market

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> ·           Three Economic Crises that Changed the World

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> ·           The Current Crisis in Pictures

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> ·           Global Financial Crisis:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> ·              Impact on Stock Markets Globally

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt">   STEP 2    Data Research 

<p class="MsoNormal"> Evaluate the materials by carrying out a focused, in-depth, critical analysis of the data, summarize the key points, main ideas, facts, examples and organize them in the proper sequence.

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<p class="MsoNormal">         STEP 3 

<p class="MsoNormal"> Deliver an effective presentation (duration - 20min) employing the impressive techniques, coherent structure, relevant presentation patterns, idioms; support your speech with charts, created images, sound clips, video and other interactive elements.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Start your presentation by substantiating the choice of your theme and providing a brief overview of the media materials used in your project.

The delivering of the pojects starts on the 6 of March.