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HEAAADERLOGORIGHT BUSINESS ENGLISH
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BUSINESS ISSUES
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE (A2-B1)
REMOTE WORK AND MONEY QrrkoD
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Warm up In pairs, discuss the following questions. 1.
Have you had to work from home? What do you think are the positives and negatives or working from home?
2.
Do you, or anyone you know, work remotely? What do you think are the positives and negatives of working remotely?
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Focus on vocabulary Part A: Match the vocabulary to the definitions.
1.
remote (adj.)
a.
not near a particular place or anywhere at all
2.
commute (v)
b.
a situation that may or may not happen
3.
possibility (n)
c.
a state of someone being happy, healthy and safe
4.
prospect (n)
d.
in a way that achieves the goal
5.
productive (adj.)
e.
focus and do the task over a period of time
6.
limitation (n)
f.
a chance that something may happen
7.
engage (v)
g.
travel to work
8.
welfare (n)
h.
a control on something or a point past which something cannot progress
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Part B: For each word in Part A, decide how many syllables there are and underline the stressed syllable.
Part C: Complete the following sentences with words in the same family as the Part A word in brackets. You may need a dictionary.
1. 2.
His presentation was really
The company is based in the Netherlands, but 80% of the employees live in other countries and work
3.
. It lasted for an hour but it felt like 30 minutes. (engage)
. (remote)
Public transport in the US isn’t great so my
takes around 2 hours each way.
(commute) 4.
My Wi-Fi connection broke during the night, so doing my work today was
.
(possibility) 5.
candidates are all sitting in reception waiting to interview. They all look quite
The nervous. (prospect)
6.
I was up at 6 am and I’ve been working
all morning. I might be able to finish early
today. (productive) 7.
I need to get a new phone. This one only has 32GB of memory and I’m starting to find it rather . (limitation)
8.
Can we meet on Wednesday? I’ve already got several
on Tuesday and won’t have
time. (engage) 9.
This meeting has been really
. We’ve not decided anything and we’re wasting time.
(productive)
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Listening for gist Listen to the three speakers. Match the following questions to the speakers who are answering them. There are more questions than speakers.
1.
Speaker 1
a.
What’s the difference between working from home and remote working?
2.
Speaker 2
b.
What can be the problems of remote working?
3.
Speaker 3
c.
What are the benefits of remote working for the employee?
4.
Not used
d.
What are the benefits of remote working for the employer?
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Listening comprehension Complete the table by putting a tick in the correct box for each question. Who...
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
a. runs a company?
b. works from an office 2 – 3 days a week? c. enjoys outdoor activities?
d. believes working remotely is better than working from an office? e. has a pet?
f. starts work early?
g. does not want to work remotely 100% of the time? h. thinks finding a new job is easier if you work remotely?
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Money vocabulary Look at the definitions and complete the vocabulary by writing the correct vowels (a,e,i,o,u) in the gaps.
1.
b
2.
ch
3.
cr
dg
t (n) – an amount of money which is available for a certain activity
rg
(v) – to ask for an amount of money for a product or service
d
t (n) – an arrangement where you pay for services or products after you have
used or received them 4.
xch
ng
(v) – to give something and receive something else of equal value
5.
xp
ns
(n) – the cost of an activity or product
6.
f
r
7.
f
nd (v) – to officially give money for an activity
8.
r
c
9.
r
(n) – money paid for travel on public transport
pt (n) – a paper record of money paid for a product or services mb
rs
(v) – to pay money back to someone after they have bought
products or services
Now write the vocabulary in the correct gaps in the email on page five. You may need to change the form of the word.
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Hi Harriet,
I thought I’d write to firstly welcome you to the team. We’re really pleased to have you working with us and very excited about getting to know you better. Secondly, I want to tell you how we organize the financial situation for remote workers like you.
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Probably the most important thing is to make sure you keep all the
for anything you 2
do or buy that is related to work. You’ll need to keep track of all of your
and send
in a completed form at the end of each month with all of those receipts. I’m afraid it takes a while to process, but we will
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you for everything the following month. For example, everything
you buy in February, you will receive in your pay at the end of March. You’ll be traveling within Europe 4
for us, so make sure you keep track of any
for buses, trains, and flights. You’ll see on
the form that there’s a special place to record those. If you’re eating out with clients, the best thing to do is talk to the restaurant or bar and ask them to put everything on
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and then pay the
whole amount when you leave. This will save you having multiple receipts from drinks and food for 6
one evening which is a lot more difficult for you to organize. Also remember that if you
any currency for trips, keep a record of that too, as there’s usually a charge from the bank for that. You 7
can of course travel using your own car for shorter journeys if you want to. We will
all travel connected to that, so keep track of what you are spending on petrol and even car repairs if you need them and you can
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them back to us. You also have a
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for
your home office, so if you need printer paper, pens or a new computer, you can use that which is separate from your expenses. If you look on our website in the training section, there’s a helpful video on where to find the expense form and how to fill it out. Feel free to schedule a video call with me if there’s anything you’re not sure about.
Anyway, I’ll see you in the online meeting tomorrow. It will be early morning for me in New York, but the afternoon for you. It’ll be a good idea for you to have a clock set to Eastern Standard Time as we’ll be communicating a lot. Have a great evening!
Sam
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Reading comprehension Read the following statements and decide if they are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG).
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1.
Harriet has recently started working for a new company.
2.
Sam has met Harriet in person.
3.
Harriet will receive any money back that she spends within two weeks.
4.
Harriet will sometimes have to entertain clients and buy them meals.
5.
Harriet will be traveling for around one week in every month.
6.
Harriet must use a company car for any travel she does locally.
7.
Harriet needs a new computer.
8.
Sam is based in a different time zone to Harriet.
Talking point In pairs, discuss the following questions. 1.
What is the longest time you would be prepared to spend commuting to get to a job? Why?
2.
Do you think the prospects for the future are good for your job? Why/Why not?
3.
What do you need to be really productive at your job?
4.
What parts of your job do you find it most difficult to engage with? Why?
5.
What does your company do or provide that is good for the welfare of its employees?
6.
What is the process at your company if you need to spend your own money for business? How do you get it back?
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Extended activity/Homework Read the question.
With technology advancing the way it is, soon the office will become a thing of the past. There will be really no need for people to all have to work in the same building with meetings and socializing all being able to take place online. Employees and companies will all benefit enormously the sooner this is a reality.
To what extent do you agree with the above statement? You should:
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Write at least 250 words
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Check your grammar, spelling and punctuation
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REMOTE WORK AND MONEY
Transcripts 3.
Listening for gist
Speaker 1:
Obviously, people have been working from home for a long time. I’m in the publishing business and I usually work from home two to three days a week. I find I can concentrate a lot better out of the office, especially if I’ve got a lot of reading to do, and I need to prepare for meetings. It’s just me and my dog, so it’s a pretty relaxed environment. Remote working seems to have become more popular in the last ten years. I still commute to the office and I’m available for online meetings when I’m at home. But with remote work, you might live in a different part of the country or even a different country completely and never go to the office at all. I have a friend who works remotely for a company based in Germany and he’s never met any of his colleagues in person, but he talks to them every day. Personally, I like the mixture of quiet at home and getting to see people in person in the office. I’d get too lonely working remotely.
Speaker 2:
I’ve been working remotely for the last three years now and I think it creates more possibilities for your life. It’s quite exciting, I think. First of all, I can live where I want. I really like hiking and mountain biking, so I can live out in the country and don’t need to live close to an office in a town or city and deal with a commute every day. That time you would spend on commuting you can invest in your personal life, so I think it’s a lot better for your welfare. I usually start work around 7 am because I just need to wake up and make a coffee and I’m ready to go. But you can bet I’m going to be ready to go out for a walk or get out on my bike at 4. If I’m particularly busy, I can work a little more at night. Plus, there are so many remote working opportunities now that I feel as though my prospects have improved. I work in software development, so if I decide to get a different job, a new company will know that once they hire me, I can start working straight away. I don’t have to go and find out where everything is in the office or get keycards or any of that stuff. I can just focus on the work.
Speaker 3:
For my company, it makes sense to offer remote work as a possibility because it means I don’t have limitations on where I can employ people from. If you need people to come to an office, then you’re mostly going to be choosing people who live in your own country, or just in the city or town where you live. Obviously, people can move, but then you’ve got to work out how long that will take and you may need to provide expenses, etc. If I allow remote working, I can employ people from almost anywhere – and I don’t have to worry about finding them a desk and all the expense that comes with having an office to run. Also, to be honest, I think people are a lot more productive when they’re in their own homes. In an office, there are a lot of meetings and a lot of chats. It’s very easy for people to do very little work. When people are working at home, it’s much easier for them to engage in the work that they’re doing without distractions.
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Key 1.
Warm up 5 mins. This introduces the topic and asks students to discuss questions which will be touched on during the listening section.
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Focus on vocabulary 15 mins. Part A This introduces key vocabulary for the listening activity. Ask students to complete Part A unaided in the first instance, but allow them to use a reference later if needed. For Part B, encourage them to sound out the words and decide which syllables are stressed. The aim of Part C is to encourage students to find other words in the same word family as the new vocabulary and use them correctly. They may note, for example, that commute is both a verb and a noun. Encourage them to use a dictionary for this exercise and point out that they may need to use prefixes or suffixes for the correct meaning. 1. → a.
2. → g.
3. → b.
4. → f.
5. → d.
6. → h.
7. → e.
8. → c.
Part B re/mote (2); com/mute (2); pos/si/bil/i/ty (5); pros/pect (2); pro/duc/tive (3); lim/i/ta/tion (4); en/gage (2); wel/fare (2)
Part C
3.
1. engaging
2. remotely
3. commute
4. impossible
5. prospective
6. productively
7. limiting
8. engagements
9. unproductive
Listening for gist 5 mins. This allows students to hear the audio for the first time and understand the general gist of what they are talking about. 1. → a.
4.
2. → c.
3. → d.
4. → b.
Listening comprehension 5 mins. Ask the students to complete the table after the first listening as best they can, then listen a second time to check their answers. Answers to the table: Speaker 1 → b, e, g; Speaker 2 → c, d, f, h; Speaker 3 → a, d
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Money vocabulary 10 mins. Ask students to complete the words with vowels. This helps them focus on the spelling of the words. You may want them to use a dictionary to help, but ask them to do what they can without one first. This helps them to focus on spelling and its relationship to pronunciation. When they have completed that, ask them to skim through the text and write in the target vocabulary, paying attention to form. This allows them to get an idea of the content of the email ahead of doing the comprehension. 1. u ≀ e
2. a ≀ e
3. e ≀ i
4. e ≀ a ≀ e
5. e ≀ e ≀ e
6. a ≀ e
7. u
8. e ≀ e ≀ i
9. e ≀ i ≀ u ≀ e Answers to the email: 1. receipts
2. expenses
3. reimburse
4. fares
5. credit
6. exchange
7. fund
8. charge
9. budget
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Reading comprehension 10 mins. Ask students to read the email more carefully and underline where they find the answer. If they are unable to underline anything, then the answer will be Not Given. 1. True. I thought I’d write to firstly welcome you to the team. 2. Not Given. There’s no information to say that they have or haven’t met in person. 3. False. I’m afraid it takes a while to process, but we will 3. reimburse you for everything the following month. 4. True. If you’re eating out with clients, the best thing to do is talk to the restaurant or bar and ask them to put everything on credit and then pay the whole amount when you leave. 5. Not Given. It indicates she will be traveling a lot, but not how often. 6. False. You can of course travel using your own car for shorter journeys if you want to. 7. Not Given. Sam says she can buy one if she needs one, but it doesn’t say that she needs one. 8. True. It will be early morning for me in New York, but the afternoon for you.
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Talking point 10 mins. Ask students to discuss the questions in pairs or small groups. Circulate and help as needed.
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Extended activity/Homework 40 mins + Ask students to plan write and edit their essays using the vocabulary and ideas from the lesson to help them. Be sure to give them feedback on their work.
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