Lesson 12: Talking with Your Boss (18-25 minutes)

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1 Main Topic 2: Business Interactions Lesson 12: Talking with Your Boss (18-25 minutes) Today, you will practice your Reading and Listening Skills as you study texts related to TALKING WITH YOUR BOSS. I. READING Exercise 1: What s missing? (5-6 minutes) Read the following carefully. Choose the best word that would fill in the blanks. Exercise 2: Reading Check-up (3-4 minutes) To: John Steve< johnsteve@mainoffice.org> From: Lheux Gate<lheuxgate@pd_office.org> Date: 01 April 2008 Subject: Short discussion about overtime work Dear Sir, Good day! I would like to request a meeting with you about the additional hours by our employees for this month. 1.a. render b. renders c. rendered d. rend We just released their salary yesterday and some of them complained about the calculation of their salaries. Based on my research, some of the workers did not inform the Human Resource Department about their intent to overtime while some did not record their attendance on the log-in sheet. 2.a. do b. work c. done d. worked I apologize for the short notice but I think it is also important to discuss this with you in person. What time would you be available? Please don t hesitate to give me or send me an e- mail. 3.a. a call b. a message c. a reply d. an Your immediate response would be highly appreciated. Thank you very much. Best Regards, Lheux Gate Production Head Page 1

2 Answer the following questions based on the previous text. 1. What does Mr. Gate want to discuss with his manager? 2. If Mr. Steve is available for the meeting, what should he do to inform Mr. Gate about it? Exercise 3: Compare and Connect (3-5 minutes) Read the following NOTICE and try to answer the questions that follow. To: All Production Staff Re: Filing of Overtime Hours Change Effective: Immediately Overtime Filing Policy NOTICE All employees of the Production Department are required to log-in on the attendance sheet at the reception area if they are going to work outside the regular working hours. In addition to that, they would also be requested to update their supervisors about the filing of the additional hours rendered for the whole month. All supervisors are then required to encode the overtime work done by each employee 5 days before the release of their salary. This is to allow the Accounting Department to include the overtime work in the calculation of their salary. For those workers who did not receive their overtime payment, please go to the Manager s office and get an endorsement letter, then submit it to the Human Resource Department. This would state the overtime work the company still needs to pay. The unpaid amount will be included in your next month s salary. Posted by: The Management Questions: 1. How can the workers inform the HR department about their unpaid overtime work? 2. If the workers want to work overtime, what are the things they should do? 3. How will employees receive the unpaid amount? Page 2

3 II. LISTENING (1-2 minutes) Exercise 1: What s in the photo? Study the following picture carefully. Then listen to the audio clip that follows. Question: Which of the following statements is true about the picture? AUDIO 1 cdn.rarejob.com/material/intermediate/toeic/audio/toeic2mc_012.mp3 Exercise 2: Fill in the details (3-4 minutes) Listen to the following audio clip once then try to answer the exercises that follow. AUDIO 2 cdn.rarejob.com/material/intermediate/toeic/audio/toeic2convo_012.mp3 Page 3

4 Read the following sentences carefully. Try to supply the missing word or phrase based on the listening clip. 1. I ve read the notice by Mr. Gate on the bulletin board." 2. The time was limited so we all. 3. Please give this to the HRD. CHOICES: endorsement Letter rushed overtime payment posted Exercise 3: Answering Questions (3-4 minutes) Read the following questions about the audio clip then choose the best answer from the four choices. 1. What was it that Ms. Natalie didn t receive last month? a. endorsement letter b. endorsement Envelope c. overtime work d. overtime payment 2. What is the reason most co-workers experienced the same situation as Natalie? a. They thought they will not be paid anyway. b. They thought the company already noted their working hours. c. They thought it was not allowed by the supervisor. d. They thought that it will be credited to them 3. Who posted the notice in the bulletin board? a. Mr. Rates b. Mr. Gate c. Mr. Sales d. Mr. Wales 4. Why did Ms. Natalie and her colleagues rush to start the production? a. They didn t know the existing company rules. b. They arrived late for work. c. Their supervisor told them to start the production just 30 minutes before the actual time. d. Their supervisor failed to tell them about the actual time to start production. Page 4

5 5. How could Ms. Natalie get the payment for her overtime work from last month? a. She can t get it because she did not apply for it before. b. She already got it because she told her supervisor about her overtime work. c. She needs to give the endorsement letter to the Human Resource Department. d. She needs to give the endorsement letter to the Accounting Department. Page 5