Business Vocabulary: Cue cards to learn Types of Job and working

The teacher can ask questions and try to elicit the answers. The teacher
can select a strip and allocate a student to answer. She can ask the student
to elaborate in 2 or 3 sentences.

Teacher can explain expressions used in the cue cards. Later on, teacher
should give a chance to use these words in sentences

Do you know Do you opt for a Are you a

anyone who works nine-to-five job? workaholic?
Which job do you in the shift system (regular day work)
prefer? or who prefers
Full-time job flexi-timing?

Or part-time

Or temporary
work?

Did your friend go Have you ever Do you know there Does your
for an early faced redundancy? is a system called company allow
retirement or a ``to get the sack”? maternity and
VRS(Voluntary paternity leave?
retirement)

Do you have a Are you happy with Do you enjoy Are you aware of
clock-in and clock- Work from Home commuting to the terms
out time in your option(WFH) work? ‘telecommuting’
office? and ‘teleworking’?

Does your Is your job Do you know Is your friend’s job

company recruit satisfying and anyone who finds monotonous and
consultants? stimulating? their job boring, repetitive?
dull and
uninteresting?

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 Why?

Is an IT job tiring, Do you believe that When will you get Are you ready to
tough, hard and a job is only to promoted? apply for a job?
demanding? make a living?

Have you given up Are you aware of Do you enjoy Do you believe in
your work to join the terms ‘to be working with the concept of
this diploma? fired’ and ‘to be figures and working overtime?
dismissed’? statistics?

A business analyst sharing her work experience.

My job is to bridge the gap between IT and business. This job involves
organizational skills, problem solving skills and analytical thinking. I prefer flexi-
timing and my job is stimulating and interesting. I have availed maternity leave and
I hate my daily commute to work. However, the COVID 19 situation gave me an
opportunity to work from home. The toughest job for me is to fire an employee.

Task: Students share their work experience

Questions in pairs:

1. What do you do? What are you in charge of?

2. Do you share your responsibilities with colleagues?
3. What kind of job would you like to do? Why?
4. What sort of routine would you prefer?
5. How do you commute? Do you face any problems?
6. I have noticed that you prefer to work as a freelancer? Why?

(Teachers can ask students to ask more relevant questions.)

Prepared by Jayasree Menon