Thursday, November 19th

23.11.2009 …

By English Prof

We first did an oral recap of what we learnt last week. Then we worked on the landmarks of your books page 17

Vocabulary

What does that mean ? Qu’est-ce que cela veut dire?

What...for ? : Dans quel but ?

To + V

Ex: To earn more money

Make

What may happen to you? I may be Sick

Tired

pouvoir Stressed out

A Regulation : a rule

Paid annual leave : conges payés annuels

The average : la moyenne

Resting time : temps de repos

To be entitled to : avoir droit à

To allow someone to + V: permettre à qqu de

Below : sous

Widely : largement

Air : air

Road : route

Nearly = almost : presque

Book page 17

The E.U ( European Union)

To protect someone from + V+ ing = protéger qqu contre qqch

+ Nom De

Exemple:

The E.U working time directive protects Workers from exploitation

being exploited

To exploit be exploited

Auxiliare + participle passé

être exploité

Then we did some Oral Comprehension.

We listened to Richard being interviewed about his work/life balance.

To be continued

Here is the audio track:

Thank you Kavitha, your notes were complete and very nicely presented

Homework for Thursday, November 24th

English Vocabulary quiz: WORK

Learn and file the lesson

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Amadou

12/01/2009 19:19

Richard ’s problems 1) He’s communiting time will be doubled. 2) He will be expected to work longer hours and will only be free on weekends Richard’s solutions 1) He want a flexible hours. (he negociating) 2) He want to go work early in the morning so he could leave ahead of the heavy afternoon traffic. Katrine ‘s problèmes 1) She have struggle with feelings of guilt because she haven’t managed to combine her demanding work shedule with her new motherhood. Katrine ‘ s solutions She Schedule her weekly, eat better with her family.

English Prof

12/13/2009 16:44

HERE IS YOUR CORRECTION IN BOLD LETTERS, Amadou Richard ’s problems 1) His commuting time will be doubled. 2) He will be expected to work longer hours and will only be free on weekends Richard’s solutions 1) He wants flexible hours. (he is negotiating them) 2) He wants to go to work early in the morning so he could leave ahead of the heavy afternoon traffic. Katrine ‘s problems 1) She struggled with feelings of guilt because she hasn’t managed to combine her demanding work schedule with her new motherhood. Katrine ‘ s solutions She schedules her weekly shopping. YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ELEMENTS. YOUR GRADE IS 4.5/10 Ms Aboulker

Hakima SIMOUH

12/01/2009 06:31

Professional life vs personal life Richard: 39 years old, Problems: Now Richard is an I.T Manager, so he has got more work than before, He works long hours on a week and he is free all the weekends. His commuting time will be doubled. If he accept this new job, he want if there are steps that he can take to prevent losing too much of the balance. Solutions : Richard gets up early and go to work early in the morning, he is developed a negotiating strategy for flexible hours. Katrine, 35 years old Problems: Katrine is a senior scientist and technical brand manager. She is a young mother. She doesn’t know how to manage her work with her new motherhood, Solutions: She works one night a week to late. Fridays she can’t works because she stays at home for look after Jake her baby. With her new schedule she can do more activities with Jack like swimming.

12/13/2009 16:17

Here si your correction Hakima Professional life vs personal life Richard: 39 years old, Problems: Now Richard is an I.T Manager, so he has got more work than before, He works long hours a week and he is free all the weekends. His commuting time will be doubled. If he accepts this new job, he wants to see if there are steps that he can take to prevent losing too much of the balance. Solutions : Richard gets up early and goes to work early in the morning, he has developed a negotiating strategy for flexible hours. Katrine, 35 years old Problems: Katrine is a senior scientist and technical brand manager. She is a young mother. She doesn’t know how to manage her work with her new motherhood, Solutions: She works late one night a week. Fridays she can’t work because she stays at home to look after Jake her baby. With her new schedule she can do more activities with Jack, like swimming. Good. Your grade is 7.5/10

Elvine

11/30/2009 22:36

Richard’s problems combining his work life balance, if he accepts his new job: - his commuting time will be double - he will be expected to work long hours - he will only be free on weekends His solution is to start to develop a negotiating strategy for flexible hours: or he makes longer days and Friday afternoons or he goes in to work early in the morning so he could leave ahead of the heavy afternoon traffic. Katrine’s problems combining her work life balance: - She feels guilty because she hasn’t managed to combine her demanding work schedule with her new motherhood. Her solution: She wants to use her time better; she is considering taking Fridays off and allocates one night a week to working late, so she will spend more time with her baby.

12/09/2009 18:23

Here is your correction in bold letters Elvine · Richard’s problems finding a work life balance, if he accepts his new job: - his commuting time will be doubled - he will be expected to work long hours - he will only be free on weekends His solution is to start to develop a negotiating strategy for flexible hours: either he works longer days and Friday afternoons or he goes in to work early in the morning so he can leave ahead of the heavy afternoon traffic. Katrine’s problems combining her work with her life: - She feels guilty because she hasn’t managed to combine her demanding work schedule with her new motherhood. Her solution: She wants to use her time better; she is considering taking Fridays off and allocates one night a week to working late, so she will spend more time with her baby. · Elvine’ you must write more personal sentences. So my grade will take the fact that you have used too many sentences from the text into account. Your grade is 5/10