Small Talk in English: Impressive Networking

Small talk in English! Love it or hate it, light conversation is a key part of conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions, networking events, team dinners, holiday parties…basically, any work event in English with a social aspect.

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Special characters in English: Say them right!

Special characters in English are those little symbols that look like this: _ % – @ . They’re beautiful, right? But how confident are you at saying them out loud in English? If you’re a little uncertain, it’s very understandable! That’s because depending on the context, the symbol can take a different name.

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Virtual meetings in English: 4 success tactics

Virtual meetings in English – communicating via cold hard technology – is a tough challenge for your workday. When English isn’t your first language, you can easily sound too abrupt in your online manner, or be scrambling to find the appropriate vocabulary or expression for an unexpected glitch.

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Professional English to Say No

Saying no at work is awkward. This goes for all levels of English-speakers, and probably in all languages. So when your co-worker asks you to add another task to your list, or take on a massive project, or participate in a useless meeting, how can you say “no”?

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