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    Get Speaking!

    Improving your communication skills and confidence in English


    www.splendid-speaking.com

    The Splendid Speaking Course


    Volume 2 Unit 4 STAR Stories
    Splendid Expressions
    Work, Health and Illness

    Unit 22: Work-Life Balance


    Task: Presentation (2 minutes)
    Topic vocabulary
    To be stuck in a rut
    1. Introduction: Read the following note from your training manager:
    A nine-to-five job
    To suffer from stress
    To be overworked
    To juggle demands
    Family commitments
    To find a compromise
    To get the balance right
    Flexible working
    To work flexitime
    To take unpaid leave
    To job share
    To take a career break
    To spend quality time
    To pursue interests outside of
    work 2. Planning: Spend 1 minute making notes. Use a mind map if it helps or
    Motivated workforce just think about the following points:
    Increased productivity How overwork can have a negative impact on productivity
    Reduced absenteeism The benefits to staff of working flexible hours
    Improved recruitment and The benefits to the company of having a satisfied workforce
    retention
    3. Task focus: Relating a topic like this to your own personal experience
    Expressions for interrupting makes your presentation memorable for the listener and enables you to
    Can I just butt in? talk with greater interest or passion. If you or someone you know has
    Sorry to interrupt but achieved a better work-life balance, outline the reasons for wanting this,
    Excuse me but the steps taken to achieve it and the result.
    Before you continue
    Could I just stop you for a 4. Language: Tick the vocabulary on the left you want to use.
    moment?
    Task: Discussion (10-15 minutes)
    When is it acceptable to interrupt someone? For example:

    When theyre in the middle of saying something.


    When the speaker pauses at the end of a point he or she is making.
    When the speaker has been talking for a long time.

    Listen to Isabelle from As you have the discussion below, practise interrupting politely using any of
    S wi t ze r l a n d t a l k i n g o n a the expressions on the left.
    similar subject. See the
    April archives Discuss the key issues that effect employees in your country. For example:
    ( I n t e r vi e w 2 2 ) a t :
    s p l e n d i d- s p e a k i n g . c o m equal pay | work-life balance | unemployment | training
    pay | job satisfaction

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