Friday, 22 July 2016

A Brief Look At Idioms




Idioms are tough because they are from English pop culture, history, and folklore. It's hard to really get their meaning by just looking at them. The best way to get the meaning is to look at the situations they are used in, and the "image" they put in your mind.

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Grammatical Correctness VS Conversational English


First, let's me just say: having good grammar is important, but, in the goal in learning and using any language is communication. So, today, we're going to look at examples of where conversational English isn't always grammatically correct but is still okay.

Saturday, 25 June 2016

Business Presentations - Part 3: Infographics & Technical Problems



We'll now look at business presentations focusing on:

  • directing the audience's eye to infographics (charts and graphs) and audio-visuals (videos, images, etc)
  • dealing with technical problems (e.g.,projector doesn't work)

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Business Presentations - Part 2: Transitions Words & Summary


Welcome back to part two of our series on business presentations. Today, we're going to cover transitional language (moving from one point to the next), and summarizing your talk.

Saturday, 11 June 2016

Business Presentations - Part 1: Introducing The Topic & The Outline


This is part one of a series of posts on doing business presentations. Today, we'll look at:

a) Introducing the topic

b) outlining your presentation

There will be useful phrases and vocabulary for business presentations, a short paragraph on your voice, and a few videos for further study and information.