APIEFair Trade and Ethical Shopping: Vocabulary & Pronunciation
Fair trade and ethical shopping
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Fair Trade and Ethical Shopping
Master 10 key vocabulary terms to talk about ethical supply chains, fair wages, and smart shopping.
💡 How to use this lesson
👩🏫 For Teachers
Guide students through the 20-minute flow: spend 5 minutes reading the word table, 10 minutes on practice, and 5 minutes on shadowing. Check answers automatically with the built-in grading key and focus on correct stress during recording.
🧑🎓 For Learners
Read the word table and memory tips carefully to understand each new term. Complete all 16 practice questions in order, then listen and record your voice in the shadowing section.
Word table
Learn the 10 key vocabulary words for fair trade, grouped by theme.
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Word Forms | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
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| grower | a person or company that grows crops | local grower, organic coffee grower | – | The local grower sells organic beans directly to stores. | "grow" + "-er" = the person who grows crops. |
| cooperative | a business owned and run jointly by its members | worker cooperative, farming cooperative | cooperate (v) | They formed a cooperative to share profits fairly. | "co-" (together) + "operate" (work). |
| middleman | a person who buys from producers and sells to buyers | cut out the middleman, greedy middleman | – | Buying direct helps us cut out the middleman. | The man standing in the "middle" taking money. |
| sweatshop | a factory with poor conditions and low pay | run a sweatshop, illegal sweatshop | – | Brands must stop using sweatshop labor. | Workers "sweat" in a bad "shop". |
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Word Forms | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supplier | a person or company that provides goods | main supplier, ethical supplier | – | Our coffee supplier guarantees fair wages. | "supply" + "-er" = provider. |
| export | to send goods to another country for sale | export goods, export market | – | The farm will export cocoa to Europe. | "ex-" means out (sending goods OUT of country). |
| traceable | able to be found or followed back to the source | fully traceable, easily traceable | trace (v) | Every bag of chocolate is fully traceable. | "trace" (follow marks) + "-able" (can be done). |
| Word | Meaning | Common Collocations | Word Forms | Example Sentence | Memory Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fairness | impartial and just treatment without favoritism | promote fairness, economic fairness | fair (adj) | Fair trade ensures fairness for small farmers. | "fair" + "-ness" = quality of being fair. |
| loyalty | the quality of being loyal and supporting continuously | customer loyalty, brand loyalty | loyal (adj) | Honest pricing builds strong customer loyalty. | "loyal" + "-ty" = staying true to a brand. |
| deceive | to make someone believe something that is not true | deceive consumers, try to deceive | deception (n) | Advertisers should not deceive shoppers about origin. | Sound like "receive" fake promises. |
Practice
Test your understanding of the new words from easy to hard.
Part A: Match verbs with noun collocations
Select the noun that forms the most common collocation with each verb.
Part B: Complete short dialogues using the word bank
Question 5
A: Who harvested these coffee beans?
B: A local ____ sells them directly to us.
Question 6
A: How do small farmers work together?
B: They formed a farming ____ to share profits fairly.
Question 7
A: Is our tea delivery reliable?
B: Yes, our main ____ delivers on schedule every week.
Question 8
A: Will the farm sell cocoa abroad?
B: Yes, they plan to ____ cocoa to Europe next month.
Part C: Choose the correct word for context
Select the single option that best fits the meaning of the sentence.
Question 9
Brands must avoid using _____ labor in their factories.
Question 10
Ethical companies never try to _____ consumers with false claims.
Question 11
Fair trade policies promote _____ for small farmers across the world.
Question 12
Every bag of chocolate from this brand is fully _____ back to the farm.
Part D: Word Formation
Fill in the blank using the exact word form specified in the lesson word table.
Question 13
The two local farms decided to ____ to sell their fruits together.
Prompt base word: cooperative (v)
Question 14
Can you ____ the product back to its original source?
Prompt base word: traceable (v)
Question 15
It is important to pay a ____ price to small coffee growers.
Prompt base word: fairness (adj)
Question 16
The advert contained clear ____ about where the cotton came from.
Prompt base word: deceive (n)
Shadowing
Listen to each audio clip and record your voice to practice pronunciation and natural rhythm.
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