Are we getting more productive, or just better at being busy?

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What's in the file

• A short reading text about the difference between doing work and organising work, with comprehension questions.
• Seven target expressions, each with a meaning and an example sentence.
• Gap-fill, matching and multiple-choice exercises that reuse the same expressions.
• A ranking task, two speaking tasks and a final challenge where students redesign someone else's working week.
• A short podcast transcript and a piece of homework, plus a teacher version with notes, timing and a full answer key.

Expressions this material teaches

fall behind

to fail to keep up with work, or with the people around you

stay on top of things

to keep control of your tasks so that nothing is forgotten

feel overwhelmed

to feel that there is far too much to deal with

one-size-fits-all approach

a single method that is supposed to work for everybody, whatever their situation

spread yourself too thin

to take on so many things that you do none of them properly

free up time

to make time available by removing or shortening something else

buy into

to accept an idea and believe that it is right

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