Step 1 - Speaking

Speaking
With your partner, answer these questions.

  1. Do you have a part-time job? Yes – go to question 2, No – go to question 9.
  2. If yes, what do you do?
  3. Do you get paid hourly? monthly?
  4. Do you get paid if you are sick?
  5. Do you get holiday pay?
  6. How easy was it to get your job?
  7. Do you need technology to be able to do your job?
  8. Would you recommend it to friend?
  9. If no, which best describes why you don’t have a job?
    1. you don’t have time
    2. you couldn’t find one/haven’t searched for
    3. your parents won’t let you.
    4. other (say what your reasons are).
  10. What are the main reasons that your colleagues get jobs?
  11. What are the main jobs that your colleagues do?
  12. If you could do a job, what job would you like to do? Why?

 

Read the list of Gig economy websites.
Which have you heard of? What do they do?