Thousands of firms are now asking their staff to work from home due to coronavirus.
But how do you make sure your employees aren’t suffering from loneliness during lockdown? How do you keep them feeling part of the team?
Moore Kingston Smith (MKS) is a firm of accountants and business advisers that has laid on a wide array of activities on Zoom to keep staff spirits high.

Watch the video and pay attention to these concepts:
mental health & well-being
engagement levels

Check out these questions, watch the video again to check your answers:

1. What's the purpose of the activities?
2. What's MKS?
3. What does she say would have happened if they hadn't introduced this initiative?
4. What expression does she use which means - suddenly
5. What does 'to lay on' something mean, in this context? - "the company lays on zoom sessions for yoga & mindfulness"
6. What has your company laid on during this quarantine period?

Think of a couple of questions to bring to class.
"A little bit of English...EVERY DAY!"

Blogging on platforms like WordPress has become very popular over the past 10 years. Here's an introduction to blogging designed to give you a brief overview of what blogging is and how to participate.
​Watch the video and then answer the questions below...

What section contains the title and the logo of the blog?
a) the footer
b) the header
c) the menu

What contains the sidebar?
a) the widget
b) the menu
c) the content

Where is the main content of the blog found?
a) the footer
b) the sidebar
c) the body

Which controls how the blog looks?
a) the title
b) the theme
c) the body

Which is found at the bottom of the blog?
a) the footer
b) the widget
c) the menu

Discuss
Think about these questions and bring some questions of your own to our next class:

1. Have you ever blogged? If you have, what does your blog contain?
2. If you wanted to start a blog, what would your theme be? Why?
3. What are your favorite blog sites? Why?