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Multitask Management

Pre-Reading | Multitasking

  • When working or studying, do you tend to do one task at a time and concentrate on that one task, or do you multitask? Give examples.
  • Rate these examples of multitasking 1 - 3
    (1 = easy)
    • talking to a friend on the phone while cooking
    • checking your email or chatting online while you are working or studying
    • having a conversation with a friend while jogging together
    • checking an alternative route on your satnav when you are driving
    • talking on a hands-free phone while you are driving
    • listening to music while you are studying or working
    • listening to music while you are exercising
    • sending a message while talking to a friend. 
  • Do you think multitasking helps you to use your time better?

Reading | Time Management
Newspaper and Website Extracts

Vocabulary | Common dependent Prepositions

  1. Deal ______ sth
  2. Concentrate ______ sth
  3. Be capable ______ sth
  4. focus ______ sth
  5. become aware ______ sth
  6. be faced ______ sth

Post-Reading | Your Experience

  • Have you ever made a mistake or had an accident because you were multitasking?
    • Does the first text explain why it might have happened?
  • What advice do you get from the two texts about how to multitask successfully?

Grammar | Distancing

  • What do the Blue parts have in common? How would the meaning change without them?
    • Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts, is considered to be the 'father' of mindfulness.
    • He claims to help patients cope with stress, pain, and illness.
    • It appears that mindfulness is beneficial in lowering blood pressure and decreasing anxiety.

Grammar Practice | Reporting Unconfirmed Events & Details

Speaking and Listening | Watch Manufacturer Timex

Speaking and Listening | Watch Manufacturer Timex

Listening | What are they complaining about?

  • Do you relate to any of the situations? Do you identify with the speakers? What else do you hate waiting for?
     
  • Attempt to use inversion for effect!

Vocabulary | Expressions with time

Advanced | Multitask Management

By Adam Wyett

Advanced | Multitask Management

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