LESSON 8. WORK AND BUSINESS. WORDS RLATED TO THE DAILY ROUTINES Module: Vocabulary Topic: Work and business. Co-working etiquette and daily routines.
Time: 80 minutes
Aim: Material: Aids:
to analyse words used in co-working etiquette and daily routines
to develop practical understanding of key terms
1. Lewis, M (1997). Implementing the Lexical Approach. Hove: LTP.
2. B.J.Tomas (1986) Intermediate Vocabulary. Cambridge
3. McCarthy, M. and O‘Dell, F (2004). English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-
intermediate and advanced. Cambridge: CUP
Text-books. charts, laptop with speakers, handouts
1. Warm-up. Have you ever worked in a co-working space? Read the article twice, first time for general understanding and second time to define the
vocabulary below.
Reading Co-working is one of the biggest
buzzwords in the business world today. To provide
some context, in 2007, there a dozen or so co-working spaces around the globe. Fast forward to
today and that number has grown to more than 21,000. The Global Co-working Unconference
Conference (GCUC) predicts by 2022, the number of co-working offices will exceed 30,000.
With the
steep rise , many are
scrambling to find the most productive way
to make the most out of these cool new arrangements. Unlike with traditional offices, flexible workspaces
contain a number of separate businesses that work independently while sharing common
resources. As with any shared space, there are
bound to be some
hiccups . Founder and
Managing Director of @WORKSPACES Jenny Folley says in order to make it a good
experience for all, there must first be some
