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BEC Review Make a dialogue with your partner. Your dialogue should include: Initiating a conversation Introducing yourself Talking about your job, hometown, etc Encouraging the conversation Asking the other person to repeat Ending your conversation properly Encouraging conversation Showing interest / surprise Really? I’m surprised to hear that. Do you? / Did you? / Are you/ Have you? Asking follow-up questions What did you think of …? When are you going to…? How do you feel about …? Using the speaker’s words in a follow-up questions So the meeting’s been postponed until next March? Next March? A comment (sometimes with a follow-up question) How interesting! That’s great! That’s wonderful! Oh, no! That ‘s too bad. That’s the crazies thing I’ve ever heard about. What did you do then? Module 1.1Ways of Working Objectives: Learn about different ways of working Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of working Ex. 1 How do you work most effectively? By working … regular hours flexible hours in / on a team on your own from home in an office for a boss as your own boss Ex. 2 / 3 Freelance Teleworking Job-sharing Shift work Part-time Temping Consultancy Flexitime Hot-desking Advantages and Disadvantages Freelance You choose the job No job security Teleworking Organize your work time You need to be good at self-organization / discipline Job-sharing More free time Need to coordinate with a partner Shift work Gives you your days free Tiring Part-time More free time Less money Temping Lots of variety Hard to progress your career Consultancy Well paid No job security Flexitime Good for work-life balance Not good for people who like routine Hot-desking Saves the company money Disruptive to employees 1.1 Ex. ? What’re are the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of working? Key sentence patterns: One of the advantages of freelancing is that … It does give you an advantage of enjoying … It has several advantages over trad