IELTS Listening: 'teleworking' topic

'Teleworking' means using telecommunications to enable people to work from outside the office (usually from home). Listen to the following recording, and note the benefits of teleworking from both a business and a personal perspective.

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We'll look at the same topic in tomorrow's writing lesson.

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[EmiL]

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[Duan]

business:
1.uitility
2.make company more flexible
personal:
1. more productive
2.more effective
3. more efficient

[naz]

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[Nood]

Business perspective:
You can spend Less time on the office place
More flexible
Hire the best and brightest people from across the world

Personal perspective:
More productive
Effective and effecient

[khoory]

Business prospective
Spend less on office base
Less on supplies
Hire the best people across the nation

Personal prospective
Do not need to Travel to work
Productive
efficient

[Ola]

Hi Simon,
I did IELTS exam two times , I got six overall, L : 5:5,W:6:5, S:7 however R is 4:5 ,My difficulty is in reading... I can't find the correct answer. What do recommend to me?

[Loc]

employee
working at home
less on lieing
flexible
more productive
more effection

[lincoln]

Business
spend less(office base,supplies,lighting, utilities, all those part of the involved environment )
more flexible

employee
more productive
more effective
more efficiency

[Huyen Pham]

For Business:
1. Companies can utilize all the resources.
2. Make companies more flexible.
For individuals:
1. More productive
2. More effective
3. More efficient

[anhtran09]

For business:
+ less space, supply
+ more flexible
For personal:
+ more productive
+ more effective and efficient

[Elnura]

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[sidra]

business;
1.work from home
2.make company more flexible

personal;
1.productive.
2.efficient.

[Priscillia]

BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
spend less on office space,supplies, utilities
It makes companies more flexible in the sense that they can have people in different geographical locations
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
It helps companies to be more productive, more effective and more efficient

[Rudy]

The benefits of business:
- spend less
- flexible (different locations)
The benefits of personal:
- productive
- effective
- efficient

[relvis]

teleworking
Company:
- save supply , utility -> protect the environment
- be flexible. can have employees everywhere

Personal
- more productive
- more effective
- more efficient

[meenu]

Hia simon

[meenu]

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[H. muhammed]

Business perspective:
company can utilize people working from home ,so they spend less on supply lightening or heating .
companies can be more flexible by this I mean they can hire people from any states and they are not striped to one geographical location.

Personal
employees can become more productive because they do not need to commute every day that took I hour every day which count to one month of working time. also the individuals can become more efficient and more productive.

[pearl]

Benefits of teleworking

From business perspective

Companies can utilize people working from home

Companies can spend less on office space, on supplies and on utilities.

All of those positive things can help the overall environment

It makes companies more flexible, they can hire best and the brightest across the nation and they don't have stick to one geographical location.

From individual perspective

Employees can utilize teleworking to make sure that how productive they are.

No one has to commute to work, saving valuable time

It makes you more productive ,more effective and more efficient

[Simon]

FROM SIMON:

Thanks for sharing your ideas. We'll continue with this topic for writing task 2 over the next week.

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Congratulations Emil, I'm glad my lessons helped you!

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Just keep practising Ola. The reading test is tricky for most people, and it takes time to become good at it.

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Hi Elnura,

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[Aria]

Benefit for Businesses are, they spend less for overhead such as location, supplies, utilities,etc. other benefit for companies is removing of geographical limitation on hiring employees. They can recruit their staff wherever is a communication mean and makes companies more flexible.
From employees perspective teleworking helps them to save the commuting time and be more productive.

[cuncun]

in business perspective:
- less on space, supply, ability,..
- companies are more flexible
In individual employees:
- productive
- effective and efficient

[VNTran]

There is no doubt that teleworking brings a variety of benefits:
On the business side:
- spend less on working space, lighting, supplies or utilities.
- help the overall environment.
- make the companies more inflexible, so they can hire the best and brightest across the nation and don't strip to geographical location.
On the personal side:
- officers are more productive, effective and efficient because they don't have to commute to work everyday.

[justnight]

Hi Simon and guys,

I have a question, "they are not (stripped) to one geographical location". What is excatlly in the ()? strip to? I don't think that makes sense。

Thanks!

[Monica]

Hi justnight

I think it is "restricted"
====> So that they are not "restricted" to one geographical location

[ashik]

1.People work at home.
2.Utility
3.Company flexible.
4.More productive and effective.

[ashik]

Teleworking is the part of a Telecommunication.Now a days have increased teleworker.Now a days people want more flexible life.Teleworkers life is really freedom.They can work at home.They do not have need visit another zone.Problem is being solved from home.Probably Every Telecommunication company more productive and effective.People can easily access all of the product.To the point of view Telecommunication is the greatest and secure sector.
To sum up from day to day life is being changed and also updated technology.

[(akki)]

teleworking can be considered by two different matter such as one is business perspective and the another one is personal perspective.
There is no doubt that teleworking brings a variety of benefits:
On the business side:
- spend less on working space, lighting, supplies or utilities.
- help the overall environment.
- make the companies more inflexible, so they can hire the best and brightest across the nation and don't strip to geographical location.
On the personal side:
- officers are more productive, effective and efficient because they don't have to commute to work everyday.

[justnight]

Hi Monica,

Thanks for your reply.

I guess "restricted" make sense, altough I still can't get the "re" part of that word. I think this type of words are hard for me, because I used to listen "original" like "regional", you know, missing the "o" part.

Thanks again, and have a nice day.

[Jack]

Hi Simon,
I have some problems about one writing topic below：

Parent and family background have more influence than teacher of a young person's learning and academic achievement. Discuss both and give your opinion.

I do not quite understand the meaning of "learning" and "academic achievement". What are they really about? What ideas can I write? How can I make sure that I do not digress from the question and fully answer the question?

Thank you very much.

[dsa fgr]

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[Abdul]

It can be used for business and individual employees
1. more flixable
2. more productive
3. more effective
4. more efficient

[prof chandan]

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[noor]

Hi Simon
I am going to give ielts test next month but I think I should join a coaching center.what do you suggest.My English is not good am very worried about it.i have problem in writing test.I want to get at least 7 band in general test.
Thanks

[REMA]

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[REMA]

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[carrot]

i want to see the tapescript

[Typhanie]

2 different ways
business: 1.companies can now spend less on office space,less supplies,less lighting, less utilities.
2.makes companies more flexible. do not restrict to one geograph location.

personal: to make sure you are more productive,more effective and more efficient. eg: don't need to commute to work, spend 1 hour each day.

[Samir]

Hi Simon,

I want to ask something about listening part.
Can I write the answer with capital letters or small letters or there are restrictions on that??. I am confused about that. I noticed in the Cambridge ESOL books that in the answer sheets, they start the answer word with capital letter.

[Rachel]

Hello Simon and guys, I have a essay topic without ideas, would u guys advise some opinions? question is gov't should invest more in teaching science other subjects such as arts,bcoz science could contribute to countrys development and process. agree or disagree?

[Ray]

Business perspective
1.cost saving
2. make work more flexible.

Personality perspective
1.more productivity
2.more effective
3.more efficient

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[Derek]

For businesses:
Save resources such as utilities, work space, lights.
Company become more flexible.

For individuals:
More effective
More efficient
More productive

[curious]

Hi Simon next month i am going to appear for ielts academy exam but i am quite confuse in 3 modules,writing,reading and some time i do good in listening and speaking and some time i mass up all the things .what should i do ??????

[Anny]

Both business and individual emplyees could benefit from teleworking.
From business perspective:
Company can now utilize people working from home, spending less on office spaces, less on suppliers, less on utilities, all those positive things help the overall environment.
The other thing is that actually makes company more flexible. So what they can do now is to hire the best and the brightest across the nation,regardless of geographical location.
On the personal side:
you can utilize teleworking to make sure your are more productive, and that means that you don't actually commute to work,which spend an hour each day, which runs about 21 days a year.It's about a month.
It maybe more productive, more effective and more efficient.

[Omnia]

Hi Simon
From a business perspective :
Less spending
More flexibility
From an individual perspective
More productive
More efficient
More effective