BY: Yara Elenis Díaz

LEARNING ACTIVITY 2

DEVELOPMENT EVIDENCE: GIVING ADVICE

These people are facing changes in their life. Read their situations below:

I am Gary. I work for an ONG called White Hands.

I support projects in rural areas from my office. I
really enjoy my job. Now my organization is
implementing a new system called "home-office".
Twice a week I will have to stay home and work
from my computer, or telecommute. My boss says
it will be a good change as we will be able to work
from home. I find it rather awkward. I live alone
and have nobody to talk with. Besides, all my
friends are at the office. I will really miss the social
interaction on those days. What if I can't find a file
and I need assistance from a co-worker? What if I
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need to talk to my boss but he is not online?

I don’t really feel comfortable with this new idea of telecommuting. I wish I
could come to the office every day I have done for the past 5 years.
My name is Amanda. I am a hairdresser. I work in
a beauty shop in the north of the city. I am a single
mother and have two beautiful sons. Mike is nine
and Steve is two. While I work, my mother takes
care of my sons. She has always supported me.
But now my mom is really sick. The doctor
recommended her moving to a quieter place. So,
she is moving in with my brother who lives in a
small town. If my mother moves, I will probably
have to quit my job as I don’t have anybody to
take care of my kids. I wouldn’t leave them with a
stranger, especially the little one. Fuente: SENA

I have some savings and I have considered Fuente: SENA

opening my own beauty shop in my neighborhood
so I can be near my kids. But what if the business does not turn out well? I
could lose all my savings. I don’t really know what to do. I am afraid of the
change.
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Select one of the cases and write a 150-word letter to Gary or Amanda. In your
letter offer support and advice for the person you choose to try to solve the
specific problem this person is facing.

Aspects to consider:

 Include ideas and vocabulary related to flexibility and adaptability learned in

the study material. In the letter, underline the ideas included. Include at least
3 ideas.

 Use the idioms learned in the study material. Use at least 3 idioms.

 Use connectors and punctuation.

Here is an example of an informal letter. Look at the parts your letter must have:

November 12, 2014 Date

Dear Gary, Greeting

My name is Juan. I am a member of the SENA community. I

read your story and I want to give you some advice about
Body your situation.

In my personal opinion I think… I would suggest you… Also

you can try to… Expressions you can
use to give advice.

Conclusion As a conclusion I believe you can… If you go the extra mile

you will be able to…

Sincerely, Closing

Juan Solano Your signature

 BY: Yara Elenis Díaz

July 10/ 2018

Dear Gary

Hello Gary, my name is Yara Elenis, I am a virtual instructor of the Seine, I read your
story and it caught my attention and I would like to make some suggestions that
might work for you, because when I started working as a virtual instructor, at some
point I felt insecure, I thought that things would be very complicated and the
interaction would be very impersonal, but I found that everything was very different
from what I imagined, and I adapted quickly, it seemed to me that things improved
more, due to the facilities and advantages that today give you the TIC.

From my personal experience, I would advise you to use media such as

videoconferences, to be in contact with the staff of the office, also suggest that you
could create a database that will serve you to access any file at any time and from
any place and so on, you should not depend so much on the help of your
colleagues, also those days that you do not go to the company you can place
yourself in agreement with them to go out to lunch or dinner and so you do not feel
alone.

If you give yourself a chance to change, you may realize it has its advantages, work
from home, you can manage your work schedule, and you can perform other
activities that by being in the office you could not do as you sign up for a gym, or Go
running in the morning, which will allow you to meet new people with whom you can
interact and make new friends and not depend so much on the colleagues you have
in your work.

Finally, I suggest you take a risk and open yourself to new challenges, and you will
end up realizing, that the changes at the beginning can be traumatic, but later you
can see that it was the best thing that happened to you and that if you had not risked
you would have lost of many new things.

Not being more I hope that you serve my advice.

Not being more I hope that you serve my advice. Cheer up Gary!

Sincerely:

Yara Elenis