Oct 13, 2015 | American culture, Business, cross cultural communication, cross cultural negotiation
The ability to “sell yourself” with confidence is a key skill for success in American culture. American culture focuses on the individual. In interviews, performance reviews, meetings and presentations, people are are expected to “sell” themselves by stressing...
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Aug 21, 2015 | healthcare
I just completed working with an organization whose employees interact with every foreign medical graduate who wants to become licensed in the US, the majority of whom are non-native speakers of English. Our training focused on developing the cultural competence and...
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Aug 13, 2015 | STEM fields, Uncategorized
CAL Learning is proud to announce our partnership with Axiom Learning Solutions as their intercultural and language training provider, within their Learning Services. We continue our commitment to serving the pharma/biotech, technology, healthcare, and other...
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Aug 6, 2015 | Language, Uncategorized
Many English language learners who have lived and worked in the US for a while say they’ve plateaued in their language skills. They have achieved a certain level of fluency, but often feel limited in their vocabulary and ability to express nuance. They want to...
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Mar 18, 2015 | accent reduction, Uncategorized
Voiced and Voiceless Consonant Pairs Many consonants come in pairs of voiced and voiceless pronunciation. Some examples include d/t, v/f, and b/p. The only difference between the two consonant is that one has a vibration of the vocal chords (voiced) and one does...
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Jan 22, 2015 | accent reduction, presentation skills, STEM fields
Technical topics and discussions have a prescribed vocabulary with high frequency of repetition. If you learn to clearly pronounce these key words with correct articulation, you will be much more easily understood. Learning to correctly pronounce a few consonant and...
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Nov 24, 2014 | accent reduction, Uncategorized
Fluent English speakers/express their ideas/ in phrases and thought groups/and they do it/ without even thinking/. Many non-native speakers/ don’t speak in phrases/ and end up sounding choppy. Do you speak in phrases or word by word? Stress in Phrases Each...
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Oct 23, 2014 | accent reduction
Do people often ask you to repeat yourself? Do you find it difficult to have conversation by phone? Are you nervous that your accent prevents you from getting your message across, or holds you back at work? How soon would you like to: Speak with greater clarity and...
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Sep 30, 2014 | accent reduction
Stress is extremely important in English. Stressing the wrong syllable or pronouncing all syllables with equal stress are a common problem for non-native speakers. So how can I tell which syllable to stress? Although the rules for stress are very complicated and have...
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Aug 27, 2014 | presentation skills, STEM fields
A large percentage of STEM graduates in the US are foreign-born, and non-native speakers of English. When they enter the US workforce, they face communication obstacles that native speakers will not. Most STEM employees are often required to make presentations,...
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