Tasks

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2b+)  Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a large number of foreign workers in a country: 
Some of the advantages may be that the workers from foreign countries know new things that the people in the country does not know, and they bring new customs and culinary specialties. Some of the disadvantages may be that the foreign workers do not know the language in the new country and that this will lead to a lot of misunderstandings. In addition that the foreign workers may have a whole other work culture and this can also lead to misunderstandings and disagreements. 

2c+)  Globalization will continue. Discuss what vision you see of the future when it comes to global education and work possibilities: 
I think that in the future there will be a lot more foreign workers around the world, and that people will have more work possibilities because of the globalization. There will probably also be a lot more students abroad. The globalization makes the world a "smaller" place. 

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5)  Contact a local company and ask them if they need to use English in their line of business. If so, for what purposes? Report back what you learn.  
We talked to a local business a while ago, and my group talked to the business Fjellstrand AS. They told us that they needed to use English in their line of business because of their foreign workers at their factory, but also in contact with other businesses abroad. 

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3b)  The global economy has changed relationships inside the Metha family. Explain why the father is confused and suspicious, the daughter angry and the mother worried:
The father is confused because of modern technology, and he is suspicious about why his daughter has to change name when working. The daughter is angry because she does not feel  like her parents are happy for her. She think that it is a great job opportunity. The mother is not happy about her daughter using her real name, and she is worried that her daughter is about to turn into one of the "cosmopolitan girls".

3c) "The internet has destroyed distance." Discuss this statement and what it will mean for working life in the future: 
Because of the internet people do not need to travel to have contact and meetings anymore. There is things you can use like skype, where you can have live conversations with someone on the other side of the world. This is in constant development and I think that in the next 20 years or even less, these things will be so clear and perfected that you do not need to travel to have a meeting, because you can use the internet. I think this will make it easier for the working life to use resources from other countries, and the world will be much more brought together.

3d) Priti has got a job that has been outsourced from Australia to India. Who wins and who loses from outscoring?
The company wins because it is probably cheaper to have workers in India than in Australia.