Lesson bts cg 1 Tuesday the 29 th of september
Goal A SUMMARY OF THE TEXT
GLOBALISATION AND OUTSOURCING
Word of the day :
OUTSOURCING ( délocalisation)
to go on strike ( faire grève)
ING A LA FIN D UN VERBE NON CONJUGUE ( c'est à dire non précédé d un auxiliaire ) TRANSFORME LE VERBE EN NOM
ex: (to) outsource devient outsourCING
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STEP 3 STUDY THE TEXT : WHAT DID YOU UNDERSTAND ?
Esethu Dywili says his lucrative accountancy work has given him the chance
to change his family's life.
The 31-year-old has spent a number of years working in South Africa's
fast-growing outsourced financial services sector.
An outsourced services company is one, often based in a poorer country,
which does work for other businesses, typically big firms in Europe and North
America.
Examples include call-centres in the Philippines, IT operations in India,
and South African companies that offer auditing and other finance work.
Back in 2022, Mr Dywili had earned enough money to build a new house for
his parents and siblings. They live in a village in the country's Eastern Cape
province, an 11-hour drive from Johannesburg, where Mr Dywili now resides.
"When you work for a firm that earns its revenue in US dollars or
British pounds, they are able to pay competitive salaries that perhaps you
would not get working for a local South African company," says Mr Dywili,
who has a degree in commerce and accounting.
Carving out a career in South Africa's booming outsourced services industry
is not something to be taken lightly when you consider the country's unemployment rate is around 33%, one of the highest in the world.
South Africa's growing popularity as an outsourcing destination has been
fueled by a number of factors. Firms in countries such as the UK have been
moving work abroad due to both a drive to cut costs, and a reported lack of available UK staff in sectors such as accountancy.
With salaries in South Africa around half of those in the UK, the country's
outsourced services industry has developed a niche in financial services, along
with IT and software development, data analytics and digital marketing.
English language proficiency, a high level of education, and a time
difference of just one or two hours with the UK also appeal to big companies.
WHAT DID YOU UNDERSTAND ?
STEP 4 VOCABULARY WORK
Find in the text the translation
for
1.
Comptabilité ACCOUNTANCY
2.
Société COMPANY / FIRM
3.
Encourageaient FULED BY
4.
A l étrangerABROAD
5.
DisponibleAVAILABLE
6.
Réduire les couts TO CUT COST
7.
Attirer APPEAL TO
8.
Creneau horaire TIME DIFFERENCE
STEP 5 NOW READ THE TEXT AGAIN AND ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. What job does
the main character do ? HE IS AN ACCOUNTANT
2. Where does he
live ? HE RESIDES IN SOUTH AFRICA
3. Where are the
companies he work for situated ? THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE US AND THE UK
4. How would you
call the fact of a company using employees from another country ?OUTSOURCING
5. What is the
problem in south africa ? POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT
6. What are the
advantages for companies to employ people from south africa
the salaries are cheaper
they speak english
there is a high level of education
the time difference is limited
7. What kind of
companies use services from abroad ? IT companies /financial services, along
with IT and software development, data analytics and digital marketing.
STEP 6 USING LINKWORDS
Make your own summary and make sure you complete with a maximum of
linkwords
homework
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