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Section B2: Growing up

Speaking & writing
Students own answers but will probably include the following.
Note that they are not exclusive e.g. full time might including flexi time.
- Part time contract
- Shift work
- Telecommuting
- Flexi time
- Hot desking
- Freelancing
- Working from home
  • Full time
  • Part time – same as full time but less number of hours (days) per week.
  • Shift week – you may or may not know in advance your shifts. You can find shift work in factories but also cafes.
  • Telecommuting – the original work from home. All you need is a computer and a phone line.
  • Flexi time – you start and finish between certain hours e.g. between 7 and 9.
  • Hot desking – a new way of working that began about 15 years ago. It was thought that people have a fixed desk meant that they had a fixed way of thinking, and it was also very hierarchical. So hot-desking – you just put your computer down where you want to work or where there’s a free desk. Used a lot with sales people who spend the week on the road coming to the office on a Friday (for example).
  • Freelancing – you get projects, with a contract. This type of work is usually for writers, architects etc.
  • Working from home – This way of working is becoming more and more popular especially if you have children or are looking after elderly parents.

 

Words

  1. strove
  2. idolized
  3. stagnating
  4. have soared
  5. have infiltrated
  6. accelerate

 

Grammar

  1. will look after
  2. are going to walk
  3. leaves
  4. are playing
  5. will be playing
  6. will have finished

 

Listening

  1. newspaper
  2. nerve wracking
  3. discount
  4. lounge
  5. closer
  6. orange
  7. registration
  8. straightforward

 

Writing & Speaking
[Students own answers: but qualities involve: honest, reliable, hardworking, etc.
Questions could involve: w/h questions, but also tell me about a time when etc.…]