Time Management

1. Get ready!
Before you read the passage, talk about these questions.

2. What tools do people use to help them manage their time?

From my point of view, I think that people are very late with those scheduled commitments
because, they get distracted easily, punctuality is important, responsibility or distracting
ourselves, that is why it is important to leave home 1 hour before an appointment so that we
are not they will present inconveniences or delays.

3. Do you think employees waste too much time on the Internet? How can
this be prevented?

From my point of view, I think that in a certain way if they lose time because they are
entertained, I think that the best way to prevent this is to have a good interpersonal
relationship with the workers to make them understand that they are in their job and have to
limit themselves to performing their work and not be distracted on the internet, the other
way would be to block their pages and, in this way, they would be more efficient.
Business TIMEKEEPING
Seminar with Keith Tyler Wednesday 3:00 pm, Conference Room e

Are you always trying to make up for lost time? Do you sometimes feel there are not
enough hours in the day?

lf you said "yes", your business might be suffering. You can't run a business behind
schedule, or you'll delay sales and lose profits. You can't be late when making payments or
you'll lose your best suppliers. And you can't set new deadlines for the completion of your
projects or you'II discourage investors.

Come to Keith Tyler's seminar on Business Timekeeping and learn the secrets of how to keep
track of your workload. Learn how to prioritize and set realistic deadlines. Find out the
best ways to delegate work to other people or other businesses. Learn how you can
minimize distractions and interruptions and maximize your concentration levels. With
these handy tips, your business will soon run efficiently and ahead of schedule.

unknown vocabulary

enough= BASTANTE

suffering= SUFRIMIENTO
schedule= HORARIO

payments= PAGOS

deadlines= PLAZOS

discourage= DESANIMAR

Timekeeping= CRONOMETRAJE

Handy= TELEFONO, CELULAR

4. Reading
Listen and read the brochure advertising a seminar. Then, complete the table using
information from the passage. Use the completed table to say why someone should attend
the meeting.

A. lt can delay sales

Disadvantages of bad time-keeping. B. You will 1. _delay_____
C. You will 2. will lose
profits______
A. How to keep track of your
What you will learn. workload.
B. How to 3 prioritize and
deadlines
C. How to delegate
D. How to 4: distractions and
interceptions

5. Vocabulary
Match the words (1-6) with the definitions (A-F).

1 __D_ distraction 2 _E__ interruption 3 _B__ completion 4_A__delegate

5 __F_delay 6 _C__ prioritize

A. to give some of your work to someone else

B. the act of finishing a job or activity

C. to arder things based on importance

D. something that prevents concentration

E. something that stops a person who was talking or working

F. to make something happen later than planned

Check(✓) the sentence that uses the underlined part correctly
 1. _YES___ A. A calendar keeps track of appointments.
_NOT___ B. A good business is always behind schedule.
2. _NOT___ A. Late workers rarely have to make up for lost time.
_YES___ B. Companies set a deadline when they start a project.
3. _NOT___ A. Distractions help people stay ahead of schedule
_YES___ B. Delegating work helps managers with timekeeping.

6. Speaking
With a partner, act out the roles below, based on the dialogue from Task 6. Then
switch roles.

USE LANGUAGE SUCH AS:

I thought that was a wonderful seminar.
I do have a question about setting priorities.
Just complete the jobs that ... first.

Student A: You have attended a seminar on time Student B: You are a speaker at a
management. Ask the speaker for advice. Talk to seminar on time management.
Student B about: Answer Student A's questions and
The seminar
give advice.
7. Writing
Setting priorities
Multiple deadlines

You are a seminar speaker. Use the conversation from Task 5 to write notes about
improving your seminar. Talk about:

How to schedule deadlines

How to prioritize multiple deadlines
STUDENT_A_(MAYE)

STUDENT_B_(JHON)

MAYE: _HELLO_GOOD_MORNING_JHON, _HOW_ARE_YOU?

JHON: _HELLO, _I; M_GREAT_THANKS, _AND_YOU?

MAYE:_I,M_EXCITE_ABOUT_YOUR_SEMINAR_BUT_I_HAVE_SOME_QUESTIONS.________________
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