LESSON BTS CG 1 TUESDAY THE 29 TH OF SEPTEMBER

 

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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