Main Topic 5: Performance Lesson 36: Performance Evaluation (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to WORK PERFORMANCE EALUATION. 2. Review Adverbs of Place. I. OCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning?(5-6 minutes) Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. Then practice using the words in your own sentences. 1. His performance review ( 評 価 考 査 ) encourages him to improve performance at work. a. arraignment b. arrangement c. assessment d. assignment 2. What are the common flaws ( 欠 点 弱 点 ) of an employee? a. excuses b. mistakes c. requests d. statements 3. The timeline (スケジュール 時 系 列 ) of events for the performance evaluation is comprehensive. a. analogy b. chronology c. sociology d. topology 4. Good services increased the percentage ( 割 合 ) of customer satisfaction. a. direction b. orientation c. production d. proportion Page 1
5. His sloppy ( 不 注 意 な ずさんな) workmanship caused him to be terminated from his company. a. marked by great carelessness b. marked by great carefulness c. marked by great cheerlessness d. marked by great cheerfulness Exercise 2: What s the word? (5-7 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. The result of Mr. Jones' performance evaluation is being discussed with him by his manager. Mr. Jones: Good morning Ma am. I heard you were looking for me? Manager: Ah yes, Mr. Jones please have a seat. The reason why I called you here is that I want to personally discuss with you the results of your recent work evaluation. Mr. Jones: I see. I hope I was able to (1) my performance rating this month. Manager: Actually, we appreciate that you always start your work early. We are very satisfied with the (2) you have shown this month. Mr. Jones: It has always been a pleasure for me to work in this company. I ve always believed it s important to give my best effort in my work. I have avoided being tardy so that I won t be subject to any (3). Manager: I m glad to hear that. For that reason, we want to give a 3% (4) on your monthly salary starting next month. Mr. Jones: Wow, that s great. Thank you very much! Manager: You deserve it. You have passed all the qualifications required in our (5) program. Congratulations, keep it up! Page 2
Choices: a. reduce( 降 格 する) b.incentive ( 奨 励 金 報 奨 ) c. efficiency ( 能 率 性 ) d. raise ( 値 上 げ 昇 給 ) e. improve ( 向 上 させる) f. penalty( 罰 処 罰 ) II. GRAMMAR REIEW: Topic: Adverbs of Place (5-6 minutes) ( 場 所 の 副 詞 ) Adverbs of place indicate where an action happened. ( 場 所 の 副 詞 は 文 中 で 場 所 を 示 す 際 に 使 用 されます ) Examples of these are: there, aboard, anywhere, apart, away, behind, below, beneath, everywhere, here, nearby, overhead, somewhere, within, etc. ( 例 :thereそこで,aboard 乗 って, anywhereどこでも, apart 離 れて, away 離 れて, behind 後 に, below 下 に, beneathすぐ 下 に, everywhereどこでも, hereここで, nearbyすぐ 近 くに, overhead 頭 上 で, somewhereどこかに, within 内 部 で) Remember (ポイント): Most common adverbs of place could also function as prepositions. To avoid confusion, always remember that adverbs of place modify the verb by showing the movement towards a place; On the other hand, prepositions relate an object (person, place, and thing) by showing the movement towards an object. (ほとんどの 場 所 の 副 詞 は 前 置 詞 としても 機 能 します 場 所 の 副 詞 は 動 詞 を 修 飾 し ある 場 所 に 向 かう 動 きを 表 すということを 忘 れないようにしましょう それに 対 して 前 置 詞 は 目 的 物 ( 人 場 所 もの)に 関 連 し 目 的 物 に 向 かう 動 きを 表 します ) Page 3
Examples( 例 ): How long have you been working here? (ここでどれくらい 働 いていますか?) I have been working there for five years now. ( 私 は 今 そこで5 年 働 いています ) Mr. Brown went out to eat lunch. (ブラウン 氏 は 昼 食 をとりに 外 へ 出 かけた ) The customers waited around for him. ( 客 たちは 周 辺 で 彼 を 待 った ) In these examples, adverbs of place: (here and there) modify the verb working;(out) modifies the verb went; and (around) modifies the verb waited. (これらの 例 でそれぞれ 場 所 の 副 詞 (here と there) は 動 詞 workingを 修 飾 し (out) は wentを 修 飾 し (around) はwaitedを 修 飾 している ) Note( 注 ): erb ( - 動 詞 ) Adverb of place( - 場 所 の 副 詞 ) Comprehension Check: Give two examples of adverbs of place then, use each one in a sentence. Page 4
Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (5-6 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. Good workers will be sent for 1-week vacation as an incentive. a. away b. there c. nearby d. overseas 2. The supervisor stood to observe the new employees. a. across b. backwards c. behind d. overhead 3. Cameras are found to monitor the performance of their employees. a. everywhere b. nowhere c. somewhere d. underneath 4. Workers should put personal matters from work. a. above b. across c. along d. away 5. Frequent absences and tardiness could possibly lead your success. a. anywhere b. everywhere c. nowhere d. somewhere Page 5