Tuesday, 15 November 2016
GOBBLEDYGOOK
GOBBLEDYGOOK: Meaningless, empty phrases that make it look like you know what you're talking about.
'It was too hot, even to leave home': stories from the world's hottest year
GROUP 671: We talked about climate change in Lexi's class. Here is the whole article
Sunday, 6 November 2016
Connected speech
In English it's very common that the last consonant of the first word is joined to the first vowel of the next word.
Try reading this aloud:
Look what happens with -ed endings
Try reading this aloud:
Look what happens with -ed endings
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Saturday, 5 November 2016
Native English speakers are the worst communicators
In a room full of non-native speakers, ‘there isn’t any chance of understanding’. It might be their language, but the message is often lost.
By Lennox Morrison
31 October 2016
It was just one word in one email, but it triggered huge financial losses for a multinational company.
The message, written in English, was sent by a native speaker to a colleague for whom English was a second language. Unsure of the word, the recipient found two contradictory meanings in his dictionary. He acted on the wrong one.
Months later, senior management investigated why the project had flopped, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. “It all traced back to this one word,” says Chia Suan Chong, a UK-based communications skills and intercultural trainer, who didn't reveal the tricky word because it is highly industry-specific and possibly identifiable. “Things spiralled out of control because both parties were thinking the opposite.”
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By Lennox Morrison
31 October 2016
It was just one word in one email, but it triggered huge financial losses for a multinational company.
The message, written in English, was sent by a native speaker to a colleague for whom English was a second language. Unsure of the word, the recipient found two contradictory meanings in his dictionary. He acted on the wrong one.
Months later, senior management investigated why the project had flopped, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. “It all traced back to this one word,” says Chia Suan Chong, a UK-based communications skills and intercultural trainer, who didn't reveal the tricky word because it is highly industry-specific and possibly identifiable. “Things spiralled out of control because both parties were thinking the opposite.”
Read more
Monday, 31 October 2016
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Theresa May says Brexit negotiations will not be carried out in French
Prime minister responds to report that the EU’s chief negotiator wants talks in his native tongue
It was perhaps just une tempête dans un verre d’eau, or a storm in a teacup. When reports emerged that British officials would be forced to negotiate the UK’s divorce with the EU in French, Downing Street was quick to dismiss the idea.
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It was perhaps just une tempête dans un verre d’eau, or a storm in a teacup. When reports emerged that British officials would be forced to negotiate the UK’s divorce with the EU in French, Downing Street was quick to dismiss the idea.
Read more
Monday, 24 October 2016
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
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