Understanding Context

Understanding Context

You’re going to watch a video that addresses the stress of working remotely, starting with the introduction. Before you watch, consider the following excerpts from the script. They’ve been rearranged so that they are not in the correct order. Use the context and the meaning, plus grammar and punctuation clues, to figure out the correct order.

a camera in your face, that can really trigger your social anxiety. It takes energy to be on. So, the key to managing remote work is to protect your energy.

a lack of boundaries between work and home; endless video calls. The same things that make remote work difficult for introverts make it difficult for everyone.

But the truth is, for many introverts, remote work is kind of a nightmare. Now that the pandemic has chased many of us out of our offices, we’re chafing under the new remote rules of work: too much screen time;

Far and away, the worst part of remote work is video calls. Being on camera is a performance. Thoughtless scheduling can mean you’re basically on stage performing for eight hours a day. There are none of the nuanced cues that help you

read a room. Staring at disembodied heads on a screen offers only a pale imitation of real human connection. Social anxiety only makes this worse. When you have

You might think that working remotely is an introvert’s dream: you’re in your own home hidden behind a computer, possibly in your pajamas.

Do you think you’ve worked it out? Check your solution by taking the quiz below.