{"id":32204,"date":"2015-03-03T17:04:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=32204"},"modified":"2020-04-27T23:06:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T23:06:41","slug":"english-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=32204","title":{"rendered":"English at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pw_bL5ucmBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safety \u00a0at Work\u00a0 <\/a>\u21d0<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.es\/books?id=E9qO27A0PlAC&amp;pg=PA80&amp;lpg=PA80&amp;dq=vocabulary+work+blue-collar+strike&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=MDsOIGaHez&amp;sig=Ebw5DK0t4d4D0w9sra-KKGyGFew&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=xn4YVK7lJZKXavTJgKAH&amp;ved=0CFIQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&amp;q=vocabulary%20work%20blue-collar%20strike&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40422 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/work.jpg\" alt=\"work\" width=\"283\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/work.jpg 283w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/work-150x120.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 <strong>&#8216;WORK&#8217;<\/strong> Expressions in English \u00a0\u2193<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;overworked&#8217; \/ &#8216;dirty work&#8217; \/ &#8216;get worked up&#8217; \/ &#8216;work out&#8217; \/ &#8216; work on&#8217; \/<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216; work up an appetite&#8217; \/\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8216;workaholic&#8217; \/ &#8216;work it&#8217; \/ &#8216;work &#8230; in&#8217; \/ &#8216;work something out&#8217;<\/strong><\/address>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aRGMFm5dLck\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022 Employment &amp; Jobs vocabulary &#8230; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnenglish.de\/vocabulary\/jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2192[Elem]\u2190<\/a> \/\u00a0\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learn-english-today.com\/business-english\/employment-vocabulary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2192[Adv]\u2190<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 \u00a0Asking About Occupations \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GnQ2iCIpOmE?list=PL4C632FCF5FCB9C21\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agendaweb.org\/vocabulary\/people_jobs_personalities-exercises.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45907\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/quiz.jpg\" alt=\"quiz\" width=\"369\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/quiz.jpg 369w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/quiz-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/quiz-150x55.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 \u00a0Essential Job Vocabulary \u00a0\u2193<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ddCuu9LKqZo\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u221e\u00a0&#8216;Job&#8217; <\/strong>or<strong> &#8216;Work&#8217;\u00a0\u21d2<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usingenglish.com\/quizzes\/57.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[quiz#1]\u00a0<\/a>\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoenglish.org\/trickywords\/gr.job.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[quiz#2]<\/a>\u21d0 \/ <strong>quiz#3\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/difference-between-job-work-and-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-43848\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/work_job.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/job-collocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Job collocations<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/job-collocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>\u21d0[+ exercises]\u21d2 <a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/adjectives-used-with-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Adjectives<\/strong> used with &#8216;job&#8217;<\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Applying for a job\u00a0<\/strong>[+ exercises]\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/applying-for-a-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>\u21d2<\/strong>[01]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/more-on-applying-for-a-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flo-joe.com\/preliminaryenglish\/vocabulary\/applying-for-a-job.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[03]\u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/working-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working hours<\/a><\/strong>\u21d0[+ exercises]\u21d2<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/time-off-expressions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time off_expressions<\/a>\u2190\u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u21d3\u00a0 Two <strong>Better College of English<\/strong> free\u00a0video tutorials<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7-ImrPPcxi4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BNDK8lrEdWQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/expressions-used-with-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8216;CONTRACT&#8217;<\/strong> [collocations]\u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00b6 \u00a0&#8216;pay&#8217;, &#8216;salary&#8217;, &#8216;wages&#8217; &#8230;<\/strong>\u00a0\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/englishinbarcelona.wordpress.com\/lessons\/vocabulary\/pay-salary-and-wages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[definitions]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/jobs-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[<strong>quizzes<\/strong>]<\/a><strong>\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learn-english-today.com\/idioms\/idiom-categories\/business-work\/bus-work1-ace-bricks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-44972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/workidioms.jpeg\" alt=\"workidioms\" width=\"86\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/workidioms.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/workidioms-106x150.jpeg 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/><\/a>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esolcourses.com\/content\/englishforwork\/englishforwork.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English for work\u21d0<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishclub.com\/english-for-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English for specific jobs\u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/grammar-teacher.com\/business-vocabulary-employment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grammar-teacher.com\/business-vocabulary-employment<\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2207\u00a0 Phrasal verbs \u00a0\u21d3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X-uvOK0J-I8?list=PLEHBbj8NPA2z5GB5GBRxzl6IOi2iHukOn\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u03a6 \u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engvid.com\/off-phrasal-verbs-business-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OFF&#8217; <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engvid.com\/off-phrasal-verbs-business-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">phrasal verbs<\/a> \u21d0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>business English<strong> &#8211; [take&#8230; \/ rip&#8230; \/ sell&#8230;. \/ lay&#8230; \/ write&#8230;]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/8jjx20jqkuj8rmn\/100%20ways%20to%20say%20it.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">500 expressions for common business situations<\/a>\u00a0\u2190<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RjFzDUuALBM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english-at-home.com\/speaking\/giving-orders-and-instructions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giving orders and instructions<\/a>\u2190<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 \u00a0 Words of <strong>Encouragement \u00a0\u21d3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wM9hbLo_j7s\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9675\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PeterPrinciple.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PeterPrinciple.gif 450w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PeterPrinciple-300x236.gif 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PeterPrinciple-150x118.gif 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PeterPrinciple-400x314.gif 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the late sixties Canadian psychologist <strong>Laurence J. Peter<\/strong>\u00a0 postulated his\u00a0well-known \u00a0principle, named since then after him,\u00a0that each person in an organization keeps getting promoted to a higher rank with more responsibility until they reach their <strong><em>level of maximum incompetence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 (i.e.\u00a0 the level at which they can no longer do the job properly).\u00a0 Then they stay at this level, having a bad effect on the organization as a whole.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9674 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Peter-Principle.jpg\" alt=\"Peter-P\" width=\"325\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Peter-Principle.jpg 325w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Peter-Principle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Peter-Principle-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An implication of Peter principle is that our hierarchical society is doomed to inefficiency, because the key positions are always occupied by incompetent people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 \u00a0Definition of <strong>&#8216;Peter Principle&#8217; \u00a0\u21d2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An observation that in an organizational\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/c\/corporate-hierarchy.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hierarchy<\/a>, every employee will rise or get promoted to his or her level of incompetence. The Peter Principle is based on the notion that employees will get promoted as long as they are competent, but at some point will fail to get promoted beyond a certain job\u00a0because it has become too challenging for them. Employees rise to their level of incompetence and stay there. Over time, every position in the hierarchy<br \/>\nwill be filled by someone who is not competent enough to carry out his or her new duties.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 \u00a0Investopedia explains &#8216;Peter Principle&#8217;<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Peter Principle was first observed by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and published in his book \u00abThe Peter Principle\u00bb in 1968<em>.\u00a0<\/em>Dr. Peter also states that a promotion to the higher-ranking job position may not necessarily reveal the employee&#8217;s incompetence, but rather the new position may require different skills the employee does not possess. Dr. Peter sums up the Peter Principle with the saying: <strong><em>\u00abthe cream rises until it sours.\u00bb<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022\u2192 Safety at Work \u21d0 <\/p>\n<p>10 &#8216;WORK&#8217; Expressions in English \u2193<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;overworked&#8217; \/ &#8216;dirty work&#8217; \/ &#8216;get worked up&#8217; \/ &#8216;work out&#8217; \/ &#8216; work on&#8217; \/ &#8216; work up an appetite&#8217; \/ &#8216;workaholic&#8217; \/ &#8216;work it&#8217; \/ &#8216;work &#8230; in&#8217; \/ &#8216;work something out&#8217; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022 Employment &amp; Jobs vocabulary &#8230; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":32205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[201,236],"class_list":["post-32204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocab","tag-link","tag-exercices","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32204"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52961,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32204\/revisions\/52961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}