IELTS Reading: Motivational Factors and the hospitality industry 👩‍🍳🧑‍🍳

<p>This is an extremely difficult Academic Reading Passage 3.</p> <p>It took me 30 minutes to find the answers even with the answer sheet in front of me.</p> <p>What can we learn from a text like this?</p> <ul> <li>Background knowledge and vocabulary will aid understanding</li> <li>Strategies such as locating the researchers' names will speed up your responses</li> <li>Every little helps - 2 of my recent daily tasks from the Writing Challenge will help you break down the dense text</li> </ul> <p><strong>1) affect vs effect</strong></p> <p>https://ieltsetc.com/2020/12/affect-vs-effect/</p> <p><strong>2) factor vs reason&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>https://members.ieltsetc.com/factor-vs-reason/</p> <p><strong>Add these synonyms to your list:</strong></p> <ul> <li>managers need to know = it is beneficial for hotel managers to understand</li> <li>to increase employee retention = to encourage staff to remain</li> <li>employees feel obligated to stay = staff feel they shouldn't move</li> <li>little is done = undeveloped practices</li> <li>employee development = improve their skills</li> <li>if cooperation is encouraged = if managers encourage employees to work together</li> <li>research has shown = evidence exists to support this hypothesis</li> <li>staff have a tendency to = employees have a predisposition to&nbsp;</li> <li>to dislike their workplace = to view their work environment negatively</li> <li>they conducted a study = they carried out research</li> <li>to fit with company goals = to align with organisational goals</li> </ul> <p><strong>Want to support my podcast? Please click on the link below:</strong></p> <p>https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fionawattam</p> <p>Many thanks</p> <p>Fiona</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message