Millennials in the workplace  

Summary

This report was commissioned to examine the millennials ( those born in the early 1980s- 1990s) in the workplaces. This report looks at the findings of two large-scale surveys on the mindest of the millennial generation and explores how an organisation can strive to address these needs, increase employee engagement and encourage retention. According to a global survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), there were 40,000 millennial and non-millennial collected on the topics of workplace culture, communication, work-life balance etc, besides a separate global survey conducted by Deloitte, more than 10,000 millennials participated in a study about their perceptions of the threats and opportunities in the complex world of work. Therefore, millennials as announce in the report findings are as committed to their work as their more senior colleagues and they value interesting work and a good work-life balance. Moreover, they want flexibility in their working hours, feel supported and appreciated by their company and their superiors and more opportunities to develop their skills. It was recommended that the organisation and managers should monitor the employees workload and satifaction levels, provide interesting opportuntites and create a flexabile work culture.

Writing paragraphs

Exercise 12

In the following article on Nuclear Hazards, the signalling words and phrases are missing. Replace them and check your answers.

There are three separate sources of hazard related to the use of nuclear reactions to supply us with energy. _Firstly, the radioactive material must travel from its place of manufacture to the power station. Even though the power stations themselves are solidly built, the containers used for the transport of the material are not. However, there are normally only two methods of transport available, just as road or rail, and both of these involve close contact with the general public, whereas the routes are bound to pass near, or even through, heavily populated areas. Secondly, there is the problem of waste. All nuclear power stations produce wastes which in most cases will remain radioactive for thousands of years. It is impossible to de-activate these wastes, and so they must be stored in one of the ingenious but cumbersome ways that scientists have invented. Therefore, they may be buried under the ground dropped into disused mineshafts or sunk in the sea. Even so, these methods do not solve the problem; they merely store it, so an earthquake could crack open the containers like nuts. Finally, there is the problem of accidental exposure due to a leak or an explosion at the power station. As with the other two hazards, this is extremely unlikely and does not provide a serious objection to the nuclear programme, in spite of the fact it can happen, as the inhabitants of Harrisburg will tell you. Separately, and during short periods, these three types of risk are no great cause for concern. Taken together, However, and especially over much longer periods, the probability of a disaster is extremely high.

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1. What is the purpose of the author in writing of this article? The purpose of the author is to inform teachers about the issue of cyberbullying that affects student on the internet. 


2. Skim the text and answer true or false to the following statements.
a)Teachers cannot help much in cyber bullying...True

b) Teacher are very confident with different kinds of internet 
communications.. False

c) Teachers could not observe and control cyber bullying.. True

d) There were policy-based programs on cyber bullying for teachers.. False

e) Most of students will report cyber bullying only to their parents... False

Part B 3. Match the following words to their meaning. 
1Cyberbullying  bullying electronically 
2 Proportion       part 
3 Significant       important
4 equipped         prepared
5 interactive       take part
6 Monitor           observe
7 intervene          cooperative 
8  harassment       intimidation 

4. Circle the part of speech of the following words in the text. 
a) interactive: adjective
b) monitor: verb
c) training: noun

5. Scan the text and answer the following.
a) How many students experience forms of cyber bullying? One in three students aged 10 to 14.
b) How many percent of students use internet during or outside school? Sixty-five per cent of five- to 14-years-old.
c) What are the two internet communications used by students?
email and  messaging programs.
d) Who is the author of website cyberbullying info? 
Calliste Weitenberg 

6. Answer in detail.
a) Why are teachers failing to intervene in school cyberbullying? Because teachers are unfamiliar with using interactive cyber technology.

 b) What is required so teachers can monitor and control cyberbullying? Appropriate training 

c) What is the reason that the majority of students will not report cyber bullying to their teachers or parents? They worry that the adults do not understand this technology and they will solve the problem by removing the access to this technology.

7) Explain the meaning of the words in bold.
a) faced the greatest challenges... difficulties  
b) they struggled to monitor and control cyber bullying... making effort
c) schools are in vacuum.... having no connection from outside

8) This newspaper article is about: ( circle the correct answer)
b) Bullying online and
c) Teachers not being able to intervene in cyberbullying

9) Where is the text from? The Age Fairfax Digital

10) When was written? February 1, 2009

11) What is the headline? What do you think it means? When Myspace ends in tears, it means the bad affects of cyberspace.

12) What is the main information of the text? The effects of cyberbullying on student, teachers and parents should be aware to the this issue. 

13) Who would read this kind of text? General public, students and teachers


Part C Note-taking task.

1 Australians teachers are failing to effectively intervene in school cyber bullying.
* needed to help bring them up to speed w/ Inc net tools.

* Teachers r unfamiliar w/ types of net comms , e.g. Myspace & Facebook

2. A significant proportion of teachers do not use or understand interactive online technologies.

* 1 in 3 Students aged 10-14 experience form of CB

* Teachers remained " very hesitant" in expo and use Inc cyber Technol. 

* Teachers struggled to Moni and Cntl CB.

3. Appropriate training for teachers needs to be developed.

* No policy-based Training prog on CB Av.

* Teachers were equipped to respond to Classroom CB. 

* Teachers w/ limit understanding of online tools faced the greatest Chal.

4. The majority of students will not report cyber bullying or internet safety incidents.

* Students believe that adults don't understanding this Technol.

* They worry that the way adults solve the prob by removing the access to this Technol.

* Teens wants this technol to act as a social lifeline.

            Australia's coronavirus self-isolation rules


Questions:
  
1. Where did you find your article? The Guardian

2. What is the date of your article? Wednesday 18 March 2020

3. What is the headline? Australian's coronavirus self-isolation rules, who has to do it and how it works.

4. From reading the headline what do you think this article will be about? It is informing people the procedures of self-isolation.

5. What is the main information in the article? The people who are coming from overseas are required to self-isolation for 14 days and what people can do while self-isolation.


6. What are two things the articles tell you? The self-isolation and self-distance.

7 a. Find two positive and two negative words or phrases in the article that show the writer's point of view? 
 positive: healthy/ assist
 negative: avoid going outside/ you cannot have visitor

b. what do these words tell you about the writer's point of view? The writer's purpose to encourage to do several things that help them get through this difficult situation.

8 a. Identify sources of information the writer refers to in the article .eg qoutes from experts, research results, etc. 
 Daniel Andrew ( the Victorian Premier).
 Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
 International live blog.
 Brett Sutton ( chief health officer).
 Chris Moy ( the South Australian President of Australian Medical Association ).
 Peter Gollignon ( An infection disease expert from Australian National University).
 
 b. What information do these sources give? They are all resources or people who are helping people in this current situation of coronavirus.

9. What is the link between the visual image or graph and the words in the article?  These links lead us to more explanation on a particular topic.

10. personal reflection. In my opinion of view, this issue has become crisis for the whole world unfortunately, most of earth population are experiencing the effects of this virus. In this matter the rules of self-isolation need to be implement by everyone to preserve their lives and it is everyone's responsibility to stay safe.
   

In my next course which will be HSC, I expect to use textbook, websites, dictionaries, lecture notes and encyclopaedia.