Unit 28 Reading Activities Plus Questions

Freelancing Reading
"Authentic" or "real-world"  materials are often the best ones to use when progressing from intermediate to advanced level English proficiency. In that spirit of "fair use", the reading from this unit comes from a real marketing blog post created by NameCheap.com. Our company is not affiliated in any way with NameCheap.com, although we do use a number of their services and we are big fans. As usual, the reading contains all the terms in the vocabulary sheet. As usual, please master the reading and the vocabulary and then move on to the activities.For copyright and SEO reasons we cannot reprint this article, so here is a link to the original blog post.https://www.namecheap.com/blog/price-your-solo-business/
Discussion Questions
  • Do you know anyone who freelances? Do they seem more relaxed or more stressed than regular full-time employees? Why do you think this is so? Do you plan to work as an employee or a freelancer in your next job? Why?
  • What do you think the main differences are between employees and freelancers? Which job is more secure? Which job pays better per hour? What kind of people (personality types) are more suitable for full-time employees? What kind of jobs are more suitable for freelancers?

Quiz: Reading Questions

1. The video implies that "going rate" means if a job is available regardless of price.
2. SEO skills are necessary in order to work as a freelancer.
3. The video implies that asking for $70 per hour is probably a more reasonable approach than setting a fixed price of $700.
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