Unit 10: Earnings and Rewards

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This unit discusses how employees may be rewarded for their work, be it in a monetary or non-monetary way. The reading activity further elaborates on the difficulties managers face when it comes to fairly recognizing and rewarding their staff and how to keep them motivated.

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Basic activities (computer-graded)

Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

Reading Activity: Earnings and Rewards

Students will be able to correctly answer true/false questions after reading and listening to topical short articles and dialogs featuring topical vocabulary.

Managers are often faced with a dilemma when it comes to keeping staff motivated. Employees often have to work more than their contract states and they are often not being paid for their overtime. This problem can have a negative effect on a company as demotivated staff may end up looking for alternative employment. There are many methods of motivating staff but the most effective is to financially… Continue

Multiple Choice Activity

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Listening Comprehension Activity

Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Spelling and Recognition

Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Advanced activities (optionally teacher-graded)

Speaking Practice Activity

Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

Andre was annoyed that he didn’t get a pay rise even though he received praise from his supervisor.

The starting salary was 22,000 with increments of 2.5%.

He was attracted to the job partly because of the salary, but also because of the excellent incentive scheme.

The company used incentives and bonuses to motivate their staff to work harder.

When the company closed all staff received generous severance packages.

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Writing Practice Activity

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.

What would you appreciate more praise from an employer or a financial incentive? Why?

Are there any disadvantages of paying commission or bonuses to employees?

Can you think of any other ways of motivating staff which are not described in the article?

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