1、Success with BEC,Vantage,Vocabulary,Listening,Speaking,Different ways of working,A mini-presentation,Reading,How to job-share,Working from home,1.1 Ways of working,Warm-up,1. How do you study most effectively? By working,* at the same time every day/ at different times of the day? * early in the mor
2、ning/ late at night? * on your own/ with others? * at home/ at your place of study (school or college)?,Studying at the same place and at the same time every day,associate the place and time with concentration and studying create a set study routine develop a habit of studying,Studying best early in
3、 the morning,feel energetic and refreshed be most efficient mentally (be the sharpest) concentrate the mostStudying best late at night most productive and uninterrupted,Studying at home,comfortable, pleasant and relaxing quiet with less distraction and noisesStudying in the classroom/library forced
4、to study more focused quiet,Studying on your own,free FlexibleStudying with others learning from discussing and sharing thoughts with each other helping /facilitating each other practising speaking,Vocabulary Different ways of working,freelance teleworking job-sharing shift work part-time temping co
5、nsultancy flexitime / flextime hot-desking,自由职业 远程办公/居家办公 分担工作 轮班/倒班工作 兼职 临时工作 顾问工作 弹性工作时间 办公桌轮用,A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance,works independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer. Freelance professions:photographer, writer, website designer, graphic des
6、igner, accountant, dentist, lawyer, translator, etc.,Freelancers are self-employed and can decide what to do, where to provide their services, when to work and how they do their work risk their own money in their work can make a loss as well as a profit from their work provide the main items of equi
7、pment they need to do their job are free to hire other people to do the work they have taken on, or to take on helpers at their own expense are responsible for correcting unsatisfactory work in their own time and at their own expense,Teleworking,any way of working at a distance using a combination o
8、f computers and telecommunications. It is often associated with home-based working, but includes mobile working, etcWork from Home vs. Work at Home,Telecommuting,This term is used interchangeably with teleworking, and is the more common term in the US. The conceptual emphasis is on replacing the com
9、mute journey through electronic access to the workplace.word extension : telecommuter/home-based worker远程办公者,Job-sharing,Two workers share a single position and decide together when each will work and which tasks each will perform, and receive salary and benefits on pro-rata basis (in proportion )a
10、kind of flexible work arrangement,Examples: Two workers split the work of a single position 60%/40%, share the salary accordingly, and are in the office 2 days per week at the same time.,Shift Work,24 hr work schedules Work that is broken into chunks of time e.g. the day shift may be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m
11、.; the night shift midnight to 8 a.m., etc.Related Term: OT (overtime pay加班工资),Permanent Full-Time Jobs,Most common way of working (50 to 80% of workers) Work directly for the organization with full benefits The “standard” workweek consists of five eight-hour days, totaling 40 hours,Part-Time Jobs,M
12、ost common alternative way to work work fewer than 30 or 35 hours per week Allows employers to adjust to changes in demand for products, services Meets the needs of workers with other personal responsibilities,Temping,Working short employment tasks with a variety of clients, usually through a tempin
13、g agency. Temping is great for building resume, learning skills, networking - and job flexibility and variety.,Consultancy,The act of an individual or organization providing professional advice to others for a fee. A wide variety of consultants exist for many areas of organizational concerns, includ
14、ing management, accounting, finance, and legal and technical matters. Consultancy 咨询专家，咨询类公司,Flextime,Widely practiced in organizations in the following ways: Working 4 days at 10 hours per week Working from 6:30am to 3:30 p.m. Taking a half hour for lunch Working longer days and then half days Work
15、ing weekend days,Flextime (continued),Helps employees with other obligations (family, medical, etc.) Helps employers who need particular times covered outside the 8-5 shift Helps local communities with traffic problems,Hot-desking,a method of sharing desks with workers This has been made easier by t
16、he use of laptops and allows workers to carry out their tasks anywhere when they are working from their own laptop. More productive use of office space,2. Match these ways of working 1-8 to definitions A-I.,0 freelance 1 teleworking 2 job-sharing 3 shift-work 4 part-time 5 temping 6 consultancy 7 fl
17、exitime 8 hot-desking,A You work during different parts of the day (eg. nights). B You sell your work or services to a number of different companies. C You work for different companies for a short time without a permanent contract. D You work a number of hours per week or month but you decide when y
18、ou start or finish. E You dont have a permanent place or office to work at, but you find a place to work when you arrive. F You work for a company from home via email, phone or the Internet. G You only work for some of the week (not full-time). H You do your job for part of the week and another pers
19、on does it for the other part. I You arent employed by a company, but are paid to give specialist advice.,3. Advantages & disadvantages for each way of working in exercise 2.,4. Read about job-sharing. Write these headings into each paragraph.,Get organized,Set your limits,Put pen to paper,Two becom
20、e one,Open your mind,Plan for disaster,Find the perfect partner,Dont feel guilty,How to job-shareWouldnt it be nice if the working week finished on Wednesday? With a job-share it can. Heres the essential guide to making it work.(0) Find the perfect partner.Find someone you like. Be prepared to commu
21、nicate and share credit and blame, says Carol Savage, the managing director of Flexecutive, a flexible working consultancy.(1) _Bosses should consider requests for flexible working from employees with children under six. So embrace the benefits: Twice as much experience, skills, brainpower and energ
22、y, Savage says.(2) _Always discuss the worst-case scenarios. When Margaret Mills, a teacher, lost her job-share partner because of a family illness, a return to full-time work seemed inevitable. We had been over-optimistic. I did manage to find someone else who fitted in with me, but I was very luck
23、y.,Reading,Open your mind,Plan for disaster,(3) _ Plan the system for handing work over carefully and play to each others different strengths. Delegate the workload according to each others particular skills and qualities. (4) _ Manager should clarify what they expect in terms of hours, availability
24、 and results, and employees should manage their employers expectations. Sue Osborn, a job-sharer for 21 years, says, Were often asked to do five-day weeks. Eventually you just have to say no. (5) _ Agree in writing arrangements for holidays, parental leave, retirement, etc. everyone should know wher
25、e they stand from the beginning. (6) _ Do not work until 1am at home to make up for not being in the office every day. (7) _ Clients may not like having to deal with two people working closely together. As Savage says: A job-share should be like a marriage- one voice, one unit.,Get organized,Set you
26、r limits,Put pen to paper,Dont feel guilty,Two become one,Language points,Share Credit & Blame: Share Honor & Disgrace consultancy: consulting company request (n.) for sth. from sb. /demand for sth from sb. embrace: complete accept sth such as a new belief, idea, or way of lifeeg. embrace Buddhism,t
27、he worst-case scenario: the situation that is the worst one you can imagine fit in: be accepted by sb because you are similar to him/hereg. She does not fit in with him.,hand over: give power or control to sb elseeg They formally hand power over to the new government next week. play to ones strength
28、: concentrate ones efforts at doing what one is best at eg. The best advice in an interview is to play to your strengths and make no reference to the things youre not so good at.,delegate the workload: divide the workload/job responsibilitiesdelegate: give part of your work/duties/ /responsibilities
29、 to sb who is more junioreg He always delegates boring tasks to his assistant.,Parental Leave (育儿假:包括分娩假和领养假),Parental leave is an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the childs welfare. Often, the term parental leave includes mate
30、rnity (分娩假), paternity（父亲育婴假）, and adoption leave（领养假）. Often the minimum benefits are stipulated by law.,Parental Leave by Country,Country,Paid Maternal Leave,Paid Paternal Leave,Unpaid Maternal Leave,Unpaid Paternal Leave,Parental Leave by Country,Share of 104 weeks (2 years) with mother,4 weeks n
31、on-paid annually (max 13 weeks) given at least one years continuous employment,12 weeks,put pen to paper: start writing stheg. I have lots of ideas for short stories but find it difficult to put pen to paper. know where you stand: understand your positioneg. Once you know where you stand youll be ab
32、le to make your next move,Questions How easy would it be for you to job-share? Would your employer or boss think it was a good idea?,Work in pairs Student A is the employee Student B is the employer Student A wants to start job-sharing with another colleague, so s/he tries to convince Student B of t
33、he advantages of job-sharing Student B is skeptical and mention disadvantages,Useful expressions,Yeshave more free time - pursue leisure activities and relax have more time with the familywith less work stresshave someone to share credit and blame a means of keeping valued employees result in a more
34、 committed and productive work force twice as much experience, skills, brainpower and energy,No difficult to find someone you like / with similar ability, the right skill and experience need to coordinate with the other person( compatibility) need careful planning to play to each others different st
35、rengths difficult to arrange,Useful expressions,Listening,1.You will hear a woman called Michela talking about working from home.1) What does she say is important when working from home?,2) What does she think are some of the advantages and disadvantages of this way of working?,Have a timetable and
36、stick to it.,Advantages: - you spend more time with the children- more flexibility- the company saves money on office spaceno commutingDisadvantages:sometimes you work in the eveningyou miss people and office news,2 Listen again and answer the following.1) Complete the notes about Michelas typical d
37、ay.,7:00 get up, get the kids ready 8:30 9:00 12:00 14:30 ,take kids to school,start work,have lunch,finish work,2) How long has she been with her current employer?How long has she been home-working?,Shes been with her current employer since she left school, but shes been home-working for five years
38、.,3) Is she doing anything different from normal this week?,Shes going to the office every day to meet visitors.,Listening scriptI=Interviewer M=Michela I: OK, Michela. You work from home now. Can you tell me about a typical day? M: Sure, I always get up around seven and the first thing I do is get
39、the kids ready for school. I take them at eight thirty and then I always start work at nine. I: Do you ever have a day when you decide to have the morning off and start work later? M: No, you cant do that. Its important with home-working to have a timetable and stick to it. If you end up watching TV
40、 or doing the cleaning then it isnt for you. So I have lunch at twelve and finish work at two thirty to get the children.,I: Was that why you gave up you office job? M: Yes, I wanted to spend more time with the children. It gives me more flexibility. Sometimes I need to work in the evening but usual
41、ly it isnt a problem. I: So how long have you been doing this kind of work? M: For about five years. Ive been with the same company since I left school, but with the Internet and technology its easy now to be at home. I: So your employer doesnt mind. M: No. It means the company saves money on office
42、 space and as long as I get the work done, theyre happy. Sometimes I still go into work to meet clients and so on.,For example, Im going in nearly every day this week because we have visitors from another company and I cant really invite them over to my house. Besides, its nice to go in every so oft
43、en. I like to see people and catch up on the gossip and the news with my colleagues. I miss that side of going into work every day. I: Is there anything else you miss? M: Ermm. No, not really. And Ill tell you what I really dont miss and thats having to spend two hours commuting on the bus and train
44、 every day,Speaking,A mini-presentation,A: What is important when ? Job-sharing Find someone you like. Organize and plan how you share the work. ,B: What is important when? Working from home Set up an office space in the house. Plan your working hours and your breaks. ,Tips,I choose topic , I would
45、like to talk aboutMy topic is I think there are three points/aspects to consider. I have the following points.I think we need to consider 3 aspects.My points are as follows.First, / To start with Second/ Besides/Then/Secondly/In addition Third, 总结：In conclusion,/In summary/so/in short/To conclude ,I
46、 think are important when doing . Well, thats all I want to say. Thank you!,Basic Evaluation Standard,Voice Eye Contact/ Body Language Content Structure Pace,Possible answer A: What is important when ? Job-sharing,1 Finding someone you like is the most important when you start a job-share. As job-sh
47、aring is a way for two people to both fill one job, finding someone you like is very important for the success of the scheme. You may find one from your current workplace, or you may find one from outside through all kinds of contacts.,2 Organizing and planning how you share the work is also importa
48、nt. If its shared responsibility, there is no division of duties but the two people have to split the hours clearly to ensure that the work flows continuously. If its divided responsibility, each partner has to be clear about his own case load or project to focus on during his working hours. If it i
49、s unrelated responsibility, the partners have to learn what their separate tasks are in the same department, and each has to do his own share well.,3 Communication is another important factor to consider when you arrange the job-share, especially for shared responsibility. Partners have to communicate well so that jobs are done smoothly. Using email, voicemail messages, daily logs and notes are some techniques that help facilitate communication.,
