English for economics. Corso di lingua inglese per studenti italiani di economia

Introduction Unit 1 1.1. Reading and Comprehension: Perfect Competition 1.2. Structure: 'Open' Conditional Sentences 1.3. Extension: Using a Table of Contents Unit 2 2.1. Reading and Comprehension: Scarcity 2.2. Structure: Comparisons The Comparison of Adjectives / The Comparison of Quantifiers / Comparative Sentences 2.3. Extension: The Trade of EEC with Iran Unit 3 3.1. Reading and Comprehension: Scarce Factors of Production 3.2. Structure: The Gerund 3.3. Extension: What is Economics' Unit 4 4.1. Reading and Comprehension: Economic Goods and Free Goods 4.2. Structure: Formulating Hypotheses The Present Conditional Tense / Type 2 Conditional Sentences Unit 5 5.1. Reading and Comprehension: Proprietorships, Partenrships, and Corporations 5.2. Structure The Passive Voice: Formation / Word Formation: ship Unit 6 6.1. Reading and Comprehension: Positive and Normative Statements 6.2. Structure By + the Gerund / Prepositions (Review) 6.3. Extension: Positive or Normative Economics' Unit 7 7.1. Reading and Comprehension: GNP and NNP 7.2. Structure The Passive Voice: Use / Word Formation: Zero Affixation 7.3. Extension: U. S. and Italian GNP Unit 8 8.1. Reading and Comprehension: The Law of Downward Sloping Demand 8.2. Structure: Expressing Functional Relationship and Correlations 8.3. Extension: Ceteris Paribus Unit 9 9.1. Reading and Comprehension: Opportunity Cost 9.2. Structure: Making Hypotheses about the Past The Perfect Conditional Tense / Type 3 Conditional Sentences Unit 10 10.1. Reading and Comprehension: The Effects of a Change in Demand 10.2. Structure Noun + Noun Constructions / The: Generic Reference Appendix 1: Supplementary Readings Reading A: To Many Farmers by W. H Nicholls Reading B: The Labour Theory of Value by A. Smith Reading C: Marxian Economics by L. Heilbroner Appendix 2: List of Irregular Verbs commonly used in Economics