Millenials In The Workplace

1 Circle the best answer.

1. This report is based on the findings of how many surveys?   

a. two

b. six

c. forty thousand

d. fifty thousand

2. This report was done for organisations that want to …

a. get rid of millennial employees.

b. have higher turnover rates.

c. prove that millennials are more difficult than non-millennials.

d. increase the job satisfaction of the millennials who are working for them.

3. According to the report, which of the following would millennials be happy to do?

a. give up family time on weekends to finish a work project

b. sacrifice pay so that they can work shorter hours

c. be left to find their own developmental opportunities

d. be committed to their companies’ profit-making motives

4. According to the report, which of the following would promote millennials’ loyalty to their company?

a. better pay structures

b. more opportunities for promotion

c. a more regular working schedule

d. the company’s commitment to the greater good of society

5. According to the report, millennials believe that it is important to …

a. be appreciated for the work you do.

 b. measure your productivity.

c. show your bosses how long you are working in the office.

d. work for a company that is bringing in a lot of money.

6. If managers want to keep their millennial employees happy, they should …

a. avoid giving them feedback on the work they’re doing.

b. give them options to work from home.

c. have them develop the technological skills of the non-millennials.

d. promote the importance of remaining loyal to the company.

Score:5/6

2 Are the sentences true or false? Answer

1. This report is based on surveys that only questioned people born between 1983                       True False

 and 1994.

2. The surveys were conducted in several different countries.                                                        True False

3. Millennials are less loyal to their companies than non-millennials.                                               True False

4. Millennials believe that their technological skills are sufficiently advanced.                      True False

5. Managers should be aware of how happy their staff are with the amount of work                      True False

they have been given.

6. Managers should worry about their own work–life balance and not concern                  True False

 themselves with problems in society.

Score:5/6

Star Wars and the Hero Myth

1 Are the sentences true or false? Answer

1. Joseph Campbell’s original book cover has links to the Star Wars films.                        True     False

2. The Ancient Greeks also based their stories on Campbell’s ideas.                                 True     False

3. Other film directors after George Lucas have carefully followed the                              True    False

 hero myth structure.

4. Obi-Wan Kenobi sends Luke a message and starts his adventure.                                 True     False

5. The hero is always willing to accept the call to adventure.                                            True     False

6. The hero often finds strength from some kind of loss.                                        True    False

Score: 6/6

2 Write the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. Critics of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens complained that the film was …..

……….not  original……(unoriginal)……………………… . (origin)

2. The film was so similar to the first Star Wars film that the story was really ……………predictable………………… . (predict)

3. The front cover of later …………editions…………………… of the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces had Luke Skywalker on the front cover. (edit)

4. George Lucas was one of the first film …………directors…………………… to use the ideas in Joseph Campbell’s book to plan his hero’s journey. (direct)

5. Lucas based Luke Skywalker’s story …………directly…………………… on the 17 stages of the hero’s journey described by Campbell. (direct)

6. The hero has to overcome obstacles on the way such as ………death……………… or loss. (die)

7. When Luke loses his mentor, he finds the …………strength…………………… he needs for the rest of his journey. (strong)

8. When heroes are finally ……succeed……(successful)…………………… , they return from the special world, changed by their experiences forever. (succeed)

Score: 6/8