Ways of working

1. How do you work most effectively? By working...

Regular/flexible hours                            in a team/on your own

from home/in an office                           for a boss/as your own boss

Answer for yourself and then compare your answers with a partner.

Have you heard about work-sharing? What do you think it is?

How easy would it be for you to job-share? Would your employer think it was a good idea?

VOCABULARY

LISTENING

You will hear a woman called Michela talking about working from home.

What is important for her?

What does she think are some advantages and disadvantages she mentions?

What are her tasks at:

7.00 - get up - get the kids ready 

8.30

9.00

12.00

14.30

How long has she been with her current employer?

Is she doing anything different this week?

LANGUAGE

Present Tenses

OWN IT!

Work in pairs to create a mini presentation on one of the ways to work from activity 1.

• First create a bullet point list of the important points.
• Then decide who presents each point.
• Presto!