Give advice/Recommend ■■ Okay, so now we have a lot of information. The question is, what should we do with it? My recommendation is to … ■■ At this point, I would like to share with you my ideas as to what should be done to ensure continued success. ■■ There are a number of ways to go about this. To me, the most promising approach is to … ■■ Now, I’m certainly far from claiming to have all the answers – but from my point of view, deciding on the next steps is actually quite straightforward. We should … ■■ I would like to suggest a possible course of action. First, we could … Sample Matura task: The world of work Mündliche Reife- und Diplomprüfung aus ENGLISCH Thema 10 The world of work Prüfungsfrage 10.01 Prüfungsdatum: Situation: After your graduation, you have found a job at a large company. The meetings there are generally held in English. At the end of your last school year, some months ago, you went to a large three-day conference in Brussels with your training firm. The topic of the conference was “The future of the workplace”. There were a lot of speeches, presentations, and discussions at that event, so you are now quite well informed about current and future developments. Your boss knows about your trip to Brussels and your expertise. She has invited you to the next department meeting. You are to present some key insights on the trends that are expected to shape our workplaces. Individual Long Turn (4–5 minutes): Give a presentation to the participants of the department meeting in which you ■■ analyse the reasons why employers must address the technological and social changes of the past few decades ■■ speculate what could be the next big trends in the workplace (see attachment 1) ■■ give advice to the heads of your department on how they could stay up to date on relevant developments. Interaction (8–10 minutes): After the meeting, you and one of the other employees discuss measures that could be taken to improve your company’s competitiveness as an employer. In your discussion with this other employee, you ■■ assess the pros and cons of open offices (see attachment 2) ■■ describe your experience with video conferencing technology ■■ justify the ongoing need to focus on diversity. 10.7 PLEASE NOTE Before you do this task, go back to 110.2. Study the rhetorical devices once more and try to use some of them in your presentation. 93 Key aspects Strategies Sample task 10 The world of work Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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