Warm-Up 3
Warm-Up 3 is all about turning spoken English into formal, written English. The scenario comes from a meeting with an American academic in Sweden. She was on a 3-year contract, and she chanced to hear that everyone else, but she, was getting a pay rise. She'd never even thought about joining a union, because the labor unions in the United States are very weak … and only work at all in a very limited number of sectors, such as trucking and airport cargo handling. Since she had no union official to represent her (and to inform her of the next round of salary negotiations), she missed out on a raise.
What you have to do is to choose 5 things that are said, and turn them into formal written English. One hot tip is that when we speak we often focus on who did something, whilst when we write in formal contexts, we focus instead on whathappened.
There are also various words which are used when we speak, but not when we write. Think of the word 'spänn' in Swedish (as in 100 spänn). Everyone knows what it means … but it always says 'kronor' in contracts and on price lists. There are one or two words like that in the text.
The aim of this Warm-Up is to prepare you for report-writing, which comes in the next Send-In Task. We're preparing a podcast about that right at the moment … Post your Warm-Up as a comment to this post, as usual.
I hope you avoided the storm … and that you have a very pleasant weekend in its aftermath!
What you have to do is to choose 5 things that are said, and turn them into formal written English. One hot tip is that when we speak we often focus on who did something, whilst when we write in formal contexts, we focus instead on whathappened.
There are also various words which are used when we speak, but not when we write. Think of the word 'spänn' in Swedish (as in 100 spänn). Everyone knows what it means … but it always says 'kronor' in contracts and on price lists. There are one or two words like that in the text.
The aim of this Warm-Up is to prepare you for report-writing, which comes in the next Send-In Task. We're preparing a podcast about that right at the moment … Post your Warm-Up as a comment to this post, as usual.
I hope you avoided the storm … and that you have a very pleasant weekend in its aftermath!
posted by David Richardson at 2:20 PM
3 Comments:
Maló Destino's Warm-Up 3 (which I've now deleted from the main part of the blog):
The Swedish trade union movement has contributed in many ways to the development of democracy and welfare in Sweden. There are three trade union confederations in Sweden; LO, TCO and SACO.
My friend from NY has a two years contract and she has been working the last six months in Sweden.
At a coffee room people start talking about subject salary negotiations but my friend Jona is not going to get the same increase that everyone else is getting.
The reason is that she is not joint a trade union. The point is that the union representatives aren’t aloud to negotiate for people who aren’t members for the union.
Most companies have a kind of work committee wish meet to negotiate salaries.
The unions also are responsible about some sort of general agreement about terms and conditions of work.
You can get your dole from the union (if you are unemployed) and that you get paid.
You can also get the dole without being a full member of the union, though. In that case you are allowed to join the unemployment fund.
I NEED YOUR HELP
Was comments are insightful and I think you can help me.
I am unemployed and I am looking for job.My business writing skills suck.
Where in London or online can I find strong cources for unemployed or affordable ?
I will be grateful if you can advice me.
Thank you
DP
Dear 'dp',
Send me a mail (david.richardson@hik.se), and I'll be able to give you some advice.
You don't have to be Swedish to study courses at Swedish universities, for example, and there are no fees to pay here.
Yours,
David Richardson
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