Working conditions

Project One---Starting Your Business

Teaching Objectives

• 1. To enable Ss to talk about working conditions

• 2. To practice reading for gist and for specific information

• 3. To review adverbs of frequency

Teaching steps

• Step 1. Lead in• Step 2. Vocabulary and grammar• Step 3. Text A: Comments about job• Step 4. Text B: Conditions of employment• Step 5. Classroom exercises• Step 6. Extended Business knowledge• Step 7. Assignment

Lead-in

• What type of job would you like to look for in the future?

• Will you consider working conditions when choosing a job?

Essential Vocabulary

1.supply 2. efficiently3. annoying 4. bonus5.annually 6. performance7. order 8. overtime9. break down 10. Presentation11. embarrassing 12.occasionally

13. previous 14. overall

15. regulation 16. term

17.shift 18. operation

19.consult 20. review

21.run out of 22. line manager

23.representative

Essential Vocabulary

Adverbs of frequency

Suggested answers

never never

rarely rarely

occasionally occasionally

sometimessometimes

frequently/often frequently/often

usually usually

always always

Complete the information below

Usage of adverbs of frequency

频度副词：如 always,often, usually, sometimes, seldom, occasionally, rarely, never 等通常放在所修饰的实义动词前面，例如：They always play football after school.

但它们需放在 be 动词之后，例如： Tom is always late for school.

时间副词：如 hourly,weekly, monthly, annually 等通常放在动词之后 ，且多置于句末，例如： They review your salary annually.

Reading 1

• Comments about work

Instructions

• The staff Amberlay Advertising have a comments box.

• Read the comments and answer the questions.

Comments about work

1. I usually answer the the phone when it rings in our department but the calls are rarely for me. It’s really annoying.

2. We get bonus annually. I’d prefer it monthly.

3. We meet weekly to discuss sales performance. It’s too often.

• 4. We frequently run out of stationary in our office. There doesn't seem to be a sensible system for ordering supplies.

• 5. We often work late at the office but we never get overtime pay.

• 6. The equipment sometimes breaks down when

I’m giving a presentation. It’s always embarrassing.

Comments about work

Questions Part 1 Answers1. Why is one employee unhappy about taking

calls? 2. What kind of supply problems does the office

have?3. What are the problems with pay?4. What stops people from doing their job

efficiently?5. One person makes a suggestion as well as a

comment. What is it?

What typical problems do you have at work?

Question on future work

Part 2

Suggested answer

Part 2 a. Income :salary, bonus, benefitsb. Working hours: just day work or shifts?c. Holidays: paid holiday or unpaid holiday ?d. Responsibility: e. Personal career development:f. Boss and colleagues: friendly and helpful?g. Working environment: beautiful? Comfortable? h. Health and safety

Reading 2

• Read Fibretech’s conditions of employment .

Scan the following words before reading 1.shift: a period of work which starts when another one

finishes2. salary: money a person receives for work3. to review: to look at something again in order to

change it4. overalls: work clothes that people wear to keep their

own clothes clean5. regulations: rules people have to follow6. overtime: extra hours a person works7. leave: holiday from work8. Line manager: the person you are directly responsible

for9. break: time to have a rest 10. to provide: to give somebody something

Reading Tip

• Before reading, scan the words

with CAPITAL LETTERS firstly

and tell What type of work it is.

Fibretech’s conditions of employment

Fibretech’s conditions of employment

Fibretech’s conditions of employment

Suggested answer

• 1. B

• 2. B

A.Factory work(shifts, safety regulations, overalls)

•3. C

•4. A

B.

Speaking

• hours overtime leave(holiday )

• clothing health and safety bonus

• Salary shift

Ss work in pairs to discuss conditions of work by using the ideas below

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the prepositons below.You can use the prepositions more than once.

Complete the sentences with the prepositions below.

Exercise 1

Suggested answers

• 1. with 2. about 3. at

• 4. of 5. of 6. in

• 7. at/in 8. with 9. in

• 10. about/with

Useful sentences of talking about work

1. We get bonus annually. I’d prefer it monthly.

2. I usually answer the the phone when it rings in our office.

3. We meet weekly to discuss sales/teaching/learning performance.

4. We frequently run out of stationary in our office.

5. We often work late at the office but we never get overtime pay.

6. The equipment sometimes breaks down when I’m giving a presentation.

Useful sentences of talking about work

Assignment

• Exam practice

Form –filling exercise

(Reading Test Part 7)