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Apr 16 Comments

3 Secrets to Make Learning Grammar Less Painful >> English Tools

Hello and welcome to another edition of English Tools! If this is your first time here, thanks for subscribing! If you’ve been with us for a while, thank you for reading! I’m glad you’re here!   Source: Uploaded by user via Maggie on Pinterest   Did you know that native speakers usually use the contracted ...

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Apr 2 Comments

How to Listen AND Take Notes in English at the same time. > English Tools

Welcome to another edition of English Tools! I’m glad to see you here today! Do you like Angry Birds? Have you ever played it? Then check this picture out!   Source: uberhumor.com via Joyce on Pinterest Did you know that saying ‘Yeah’ is 10 times more common than ‘Yes?’ The only time when you need ...

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Mar 30 Comments

Decide to be Happy

If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.” (Shawn Achor) This will be short. More than anything, I wanted to point to a really thought provoking video via Ted.com which features Shawn Achor. The man is a very fast talker!  But what he has to say is brilliant in my opinion, and ...

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Mar 26 Comments

3 Unexpected Ways To Give Better Video Conference Calls >English Tools

Welcome to another edition of English Tools! I’m glad to see you here today!   Source: theentertainingelf.com via Aaron on Pinterest    When you’re talking about using your phone, do you say ‘phone’ or ‘telephone?’ Do you say: “I’m going to make a phone/telephone call.”  Remember: both are correct, but according to the Cambridge Corpus, ‘phone’ is used 6 times ...

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Mar 19 Comments

English Tools>> How to Find Time For English

Hello, and welcome to another edition of English Tools. Today, we’re starting a new format. I hope you enjoy it!   Source: funnyordie.com via Anne on Pinterest   Challenge: What’s wrong with this sign? If you had to rewrite it, what would you write? Please share your comments below! We’d love to hear from you.  ...

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Mar 12 Comments

English Tools>> How To Develop Your Listening Skills for Conference Calls

Hello, and welcome to another edition of English Tools.  Today we’re going to continue looking into how you can improve your listening skills for Conference calls. Focus is KING. I don’t know anyone who actually enjoys participating in conference calls.  Some calls are useful and maybe even helpful for you – but more often than ...

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Mar 7 Comments

How to Listen Actively in Telephone Conferences

Welcome to another mini edition of English tools! Listening to conference calls and actually understanding everything can be one of the most difficult challenges you can face. Sometimes even the thought of participating in an English only conference call can be enough to make you want to turn around and run the other way. But ...

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Mar 5 Comments

English Tools>> How to Give a Great Conference Call in English

Hello and welcome to another edition of English Tools. Today’s topic comes from the short survey we invited you to help us with last week. If you want to give us your opinion about how we can best help you, just click here. (It will only take a few minutes.) Today’s Topic: How to Give ...

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Mar 2 2 comments

English Tools>> How to Increase Reading Skills in English

Hello, and welcome to another edition of English Tools Mini: Help for your English development in 300 words or less. 1. Join a reading group. A reading group reads the same book and chapters together. Then they get together to discuss the ideas presented in the book. The fact that you need to talk about ...

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Feb 28 Comments

Are You Working on the Right Things?

 “You know, some people say that the definition of stupidity or insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, but I think they’re wrong. I think that’s how you succeed in life. You’ve got to keep at it, keep at it and keep at it some more… always expecting different ...

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