teaching - training & coaching in words

I have been hearing about conversation classes forever... or at least 30 years... and guess what ? Most of them haven't helped anyone in any way... Why ? Because conversations lessons if they are only chatting periods do no teach anyone anything ! A proper...

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Some people come to me convinced they are hopeless at languages... There is no such thing as being unable to learn a language... proof is, everybody learns at least one ! And there are people in many parts of the world who learn a few to get through their...

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My teenage years were sold to disco music... a genre that has nuts and bolts moving and shaking, banging and booming... That was until I 'stumbled upon' Arvo Pärt... and his music... and ventured into new music territories that largely included silence...

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Most people will tell you that languages open doors and bring opportunities on any job market... and then again most people know that... whether they do or don't speak other languages... What most people won't tell you is not speaking other languages...

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Beyond the mere writing and using words in English there is the power of words... empowering words that go beyond the words... No matter how good your English is... you'll still need to convince your correspondent... and that takes more than words......

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Today most people in most countries have studied a sustainable amount of English... I have clients which are European and global sized groups who have to interact with people -both colleagues and clients or customers- in many countries across the globe......

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I was called upon to coach one of my big clients in negotiating skills... for a deal they had been working on for a few months... We sat down and started to look at the facts... and how far they'd already got into the business at hand... All along I was...

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Listening to audiobooks maybe for the mere pleasure of reading... or listening to a story over and over again... and that's only one of the many ways and uses of audiobooks... Students may also listen to the recording of a book as audiobook... so as to...

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What students will need more than anything is keeping their level and command of the language up to scratch… This should not be difficult for students who have chosen to go and live in an English speaking country as they will be exposed to English they...

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English doesn’t stop at lessons and books and exercises. In life everything moves on… one way or the other… if it’s not forward it’ll be backward… If you don’t change everything else will… because time waits for no one… and time flies ! Don’t blame yourself…...

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