Warm-up
`Remote working' means working away from a traditional office, eg at home. Do you agree or disagree with these statements about remote working? Explain why.
(Trabajo remoto
significa trabajar fuera de la oficina tradicional, por ejemplo, en casa ¿Estás
de acuerdo o en desacuerdo con estas afirmaciones acerca del trabajo remoto? Explica por qué.)
1. Working remotely is more productive
than working in the office.
2. Most people would like to work
remotely, if they could.
3. If I worked from home, I would miss my
colleagues.
Reading for the main idea (Leer buscando la idea principal)
You are going to read an article about
remote working. First skim-read the article quickly to get a general idea of
the content and the organisation. Which of these topics is not mentioned in the
article?
(Vas a leer un
artículo acerca de trabajo remoto. Lee rápidamente primero para tener una idea
general del contenido y organización ¿Cuál de estos temas no se menciona en
este artículo?)
• Benefits to workers
• Benefits to employers
• Negative effects
• Popularity of
remote working
• Solutions
• Types of stress
Vocabulary I
Match each word from the article with its meaning.
Use the context of the article to help you _ the words are in bold in the text.
(Uní cada palabra
extraída del articulo con su significado. Utiliza el contexto del artículo para
ayudarte_las palabras están en negrita en el texto)
|
1. pitfalls
2. burn out
3. millennials 4. mentality 5. commonplace 6. tendency 7. isolation 8. detrimental 9.
outweigh 10. replicate |
a. a likeliness
to take action or occur the same way many times. b. a typical
attitude, or way of thinking c. being alone or
cut off from social interaction with others d. copy,
reproduce e. frequent and
not seen as unusual f. harmful or
damaging g. have more
significance or a stronger effect than another factor h. people who
were born in the 1980s-2000s i. problems that
are likely to occur in a particular situation j. work too hard and become exhausted |
Vocabulary II
Match each phrase from the article with
the best meaning.
(Uní cada frase del
artículo con el significado apropiado)
1. ... people’s
mental health and well-being can take a hit when working
remotely.
a. become complicated
b. make someone angry
c. suffer
2. ... working
remotely leads to the blurring of work and non-work hours, particularly if you work from
home.
a. asking someone to work overtime
b. a lack of a clear boundary
c. saying something without thinking
a. communicating a plan clearly
b. saying and doing the right thing in a
difficult situation
c. taking your team in the right direction
4. ... virtual workers can feel like a cog in a
machine, rather than an essential part of the team.
a. the opposite of an individual with
feelings
b. they have an important role
c. they have to work without stopping
5. ... lack of feedback from line managers and senior colleagues gave
them no benchmark to judge
progress, which led to
increased feelings of anxiety ...
a. support to do their job
b. sense of teamwork
c. way of measuring how well they were
doing
Reflect and
discuss (Para reflexionar)
Look back at the sentences you discussed
in the first part of the lesson. Have you changed your mind about whether you
agree or disagree with any of the statements? Explain your ideas in spanish.
Mira las
afirmaciones del comienzo ¿Cambiaste de idea respecto de si estás de acuerdo o
en desacuerdo con esas afirmaciones? Explicalo en un párrafo /diálogo/viñeta. Relacionalo con tu experiencia acerca de estudiar a distancia.
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