FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

ESSENTIAL ACADEMIC ENGLISH

UHB 20102
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TASK LISTENING

NAME MATRIX NO SECTION

1. NUR ASYIKIN BINTI MOHD AZAHARI DF200126 9

NAME OF LECTURER : ENCIK MUHAMMAD ASHRAF BIN OMAR

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DATE OF SUBMISSION : 5TH NOVEMBER 2022

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PRACTICE 2
a) Fill in the gaps in the statements using the words given.

choice spends
employee comfortable
longest flexible request

i) The coronavirus pandemic might have changed our attitude to work, and people are
more comfortable
_________ with working from home than ever before

ii) choice and control over when, where, and how

Flexibility really means having _________
long you work, and agreeing that with your manager.

ii) employee has a right to request flexible working, and this

In the UK at least, an __________
must be considered by the employer.

iii) According to official data, Mexico has workers work the longest
_____ hours.

iv) According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
the average Mexican ______
spends 2,255 hours at work per year which is equivalent of
around 43 hours per week.

v) flexible working means working

Because of the pandemic, now everybody thinks ______
from home.

vi) request turned down or rejected when requesting

Men are more likely to have their ________
for flexible working.
b) Write down the numbers to indicate facts and opinion from the statements above.

Fact Opinion
e.g : ii

iii, iv, v i, ii, iv, vii

c) Do you think flexible working can increase productivity and improve our working culture?

Provide your opinion.

Flexible work can increase productivity to encourage a happy work environment.

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By this good environment can make someone to working without emotional
feeling to make any decision related with the work.
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Next, it is also can improve working culture by spending a great time space for
workers. this is to encourage workers to become more productive by using
flexible time to focus on their work from distract with strict working hours,
colleagues and urgent meeting.