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    Teacher’s notes | Reading file 10

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    Learning objectives in this lesson 1 improvement + in
    Reading for gist, scanning for specific information, focusing 2 willingness + to take (infinitive)
    on key vocabulary from the text, using vocabulary from 3 breakdown + in
    the text, reading for detailed comprehension, and giving 4 growth + in
    opinions about the topic of the text. 5 consequences + of

    1 Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the questions,


    6 Students should read the text again. Allow more time for
    them to read carefully. Be prepared to answer questions
    then take feedback from the whole class.
    about vocabulary and refer students to the glossary to
    2 Ask students to read the text quickly to get the overall help them. Students should then answer the questions in
    message. They should then decide if the ideas they came their own words. Students can compare answers in pairs
    up with in 1 were mentioned. before feeding back to the rest of the class.

    Answers Answers
    1 Outsourcing is when one company arranges formally for 1 The threat of offshoring has made office workers in
    another company to do a particular job for them. the US work harder and they are more likely to accept
    2 Answers will vary, but students might have discussed smaller pay rises.
    the impact on customer services and the loss of jobs in 2 Because offshoring has led to jobs losses in America
    the original company. and subsequently fewer people are paying taxes.
    3 Outsourcing is simply arranging for another company 3 People are concerned that employees in offshore
    that specializes in a certain business activity to do a companies do not get the same working benefits and may
    job for you – this could be in the same country as the be exploited in comparison to staff in the original country.
    original company. Offshoring is contracting a company
    in another country (usually one with lower salaries) to 7 Ask students to look at the text again and find three
    do this job for you. words that could be useful in their jobs. When they have
    chosen the words, ask students to compare their choices
    3 Ask the students to read the text again quickly and to in pairs and encourage them to explain why the words
    match the people to the opinions. They can then check will be useful. Make sure that students can pronounce
    their answers in pairs, before feeding back to the rest of these words and that they know how to use them
    the class. correctly in a sentence.

    Answers
    8 Ask students to discuss the questions in pairs or small
    groups. Take feedback from the whole class.
    1 c 2 a 3 b

    Answers
    4 Ask students to look at the text again and match the nouns Answers will vary, but students may discuss the fact
    to the definitions. They can then check their answers in that outsourcing can save a company money. They may
    pairs, before feeding back to the rest of the class. also mention that it may be better to outsource certain
    activities to specialist companies so that a particular
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    task can be done well using the relevant expertise. They
    1 breakdown 6 growth
    may also talk about how offshoring can lead to problems,
    2 complaints 7 willingness
    particularly if a company moves its customer services
    3 improvement 8 benefits
    division overseas. This is because often these overseas
    4 conditions 9 access
    companies cannot react to complaints directly. There can
    5 consequences 10 delays
    also be linguistic and cultural difficulties.

    5 Ask students to work in pairs and to find the words that


    follow nouns 1–5. Then ask them to create their own
    sentences using all the nouns in 4. Check the sentences
    with whole class.

    © Oxford University Press 2017 Business Result Second edition Pre-intermediate

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