What You Were Doing When Technology Changed Your Industry

🎯 Goal: Student can describe past ongoing activities and discuss technological changes in their workplace using Past Continuous

📐 Past Continuous

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#technology#workplace change#career development

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Hi! Today we're talking about technology changing the way we work. I'd love to hear your own stories and thoughts.

“Has any new technology ever changed the way you do your job? Tell me about it.”

“In your opinion, is automation more helpful or more scary for workers today?”

“If a robot could do half of your daily tasks, how would you feel about that?”

“Would you rather work in a company that changes fast or one that stays the same for years?”

“What was the biggest disruption you ever saw in your workplace or school?”

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🎲 Speaking Activity 1

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Ranking Activity

Put these in order and tell me why. Explain your first and last choice.

7 minutes

🗣️ “For me, the most important is...”

Rank these from most to least helpful for a modern company:

🎲 Speaking Activity 2

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Find the Difference

Look at picture A and picture B. Describe what you see and find the five differences with me.

7 minutes

🗣️ “In picture A ... but in picture B ...”

🔎 Differences found

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the number of workers at the desks

the robot in the corner

the colour of the manager's shirt

the clock on the wall

the weather outside the window