Age: Adults
link to youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZJJz_wIckw
link to CBS news video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6850541n
Before you watch
· How do you imagine the workplace of the future?
· Say if you agree or disagree with the following statements. Account for your answers.
- Everybody will have their own offices.
- There will be multi-purpose facilities.
- There will be lots of interactive technology.
- There will be more face to face meetings.
- Most employees will be staff, not contractors.
- All the work will be done by teams.
- People will work from 9 to 5.
After you watch
Watching for main ideas
· Which of the points above are mentioned in the news report?
Watching for specific ideas
· Watch and answer the following questions:
1. Where is Accenture based?
2. What kind of company is it?
3. Whose needs does their workplace meet?
4. Why do they implement such advanced technology?
5. Where do people work?
Watching for details
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· Listen and fill in the blanks:
If you re like most people in this fast-paced world maybe it feels like you’re stuck on a treadmill. But in one office in ________________Houston, that’s the way some people like it. ________________ Accenture, a global _____________________________ that has built what some consider the office of the future.
“It is individual work space it is meeting space, it is cafe space, so it’s multi purpose.”
The idea is to get ________________________________ out of every space. The idea is to cater to generations x and y.
“So the office of the future will embody concepts that are around supporting ________________________________ and the way they work and the way they ________________ and the way ________________. So, multi tasking, highly technologically advanced.”
Accenture’s office of the future is packed with all kinds of interactive technology. This is called media escape, and it allows a person sitting here in Houston to _____________________________ or even ____________________________ with someone sitting in Atlanta, for example, and it’s all________________.
And the people on the other side of this conference table are ________________ on the other side of the world. India.
It’s the kind of technology that’s expected to ________________ the company 35 million dollars ________________ in travel expenses alone,
“And no one has ________________________________”
“No one.”
Not even the top executives. Like everyone else here, he settles in wherever he can.
“The reality is we’re a client service business, and we want our people to be ________________and not in the office.”
________________ it is the office of the future
Focus on vocabulary
- Join with arrows
Group A
1. Consulting workforce
2. Young technology
3. Face-to-face company
4. Advanced meetings
Group B
1. Meet in Houston
2. Be based money
3. Do somebody’s needs
4. Save work/ your job
Speaking
- Retell the news report using thenew vocabulary
Free expression: Discuss
- How do you like the office of the future?
- What are its advantages and disadvantages?
- What aspects of the present workplace would you like to keep and why?
KEY
After you watch
Watching for main ideas
Ideas mentioned:
- Multi- purpose spaces
- Interactive technology
- Face to face meetings (with people overseas)
Watching for specific ideas
1. Where is Accenture based? In Houston, Texas
2. What kind of company is it? It’s a Global consulting company
3. Whose needs does their workplace meet? The needs of the employees of the future (generations Y and X)
4. Why do they implement such advanced technology? To save money
5. Where do people work? Wherever they can but mostly outside the company.
Watching for details
(script)
If you’ re like most people in this fast-paced world maybe it feels like you’re stuck on a treadmill. But in one office in downtown Houston, that’s the way some people like it. Welcome to Accenture, a global consulting company that has built what some consider the office of the future.
“It is individual work space it is meeting space, it is cafe space, so it’s multi purpose.”
The idea is to get more than one use out of every space. The idea is to cater to generations x and y.
“So the office of the future will embody concepts that are around supporting a younger workforce and the way they work and the way they need to work and the way they work best. So, multi tasking, highly technologically advanced.”
Accenture’s office of the future is packed with all kinds of interactive technology. This is called media scape, and it allows a person sitting here in Houston to collaborate on a project or even share a spreadsheet with someone sitting in Atlanta, for example, and it’s all face to face.
And the people on the other side of this conference table are actually on the other side of the world. India.
It’s the kind of technology that’s expected to save the company 35 million dollars a year in travel expenses alone,
“And no one has their own office here”
“No one.”
Not even the top executives. Like everyone else here, he settles in wherever he can.
“The reality is we`re a client service business, and we want our people to be with our clients and not in the office.”
Even if it is the office of the future
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