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G2_Speaking English Professionally (Group discussion language (ways to…
G2_Speaking English Professionally
Key pronunciation
Telephone conversation
2 Common errors
Can vs can't
Stress 'a' long
Teens and ten and other numbers
teen t-/t/
ten t-/d/
Get ready for interview
-ed & -s endings
-ed
/t/ - worked
/d/ - designed
/id/-conducted
-ed/d/ voiced sounds (vibrate)
-ed/t/ voiceless sounds (no vibration)
-ed/id/ verbs ending with t or d
-s endings
-s/s/ voiceless sounds (No vibration)
-s/z/ vowels and voiced sounds
-es/iz/ words ending with 's' 'z' 'sh' 'j' 'ch' sounds
Group discussion language
ways to
agree
Yes, I agree.
It looks good to me.
I think so too.
disagree
I'm afraid I don't agree.
That's interesting but I prefer something different.
ways to say you understand
Thanks, I get it.
Thank you, It's a lot clearer to me now.
ways to get your turn
Sorry to interrupt, but I'll like to say something
Excuse me, can I say something?
ways to ask for clarify
I'm sorry, could you explain again?
Excuse me, I didn't hear that. Could you say it again?
ways to show interest
That's interesting.
This idea is cool.
How to do a great presentation
Organizing and delivering a pitch
Body - Second Tell
Tell more - Details and evidences
What does the product do, what does it work, and why is it valuable
Use direct CLEAR language
Eg- First, Second, Third or First, Next, Finally etc.
Provide evidences
Quotes from customers
Stories about the product
Facts and figures
Conclusion - Third Tell
Tell it again what you said
Summarize and repeat the main points
Leave the audiences a great impression of you/your product
Introduction - First Tell
Tell what you are going to say about
Having visuals
Photos, graphs, numbers
Preview the products/service clearly
Be direct and active language
Elevator Speech
Perfect your pronunciation
Sentence stess
Stress the CONTENT word
Intonation
fall off the voice at the end of sentence
and Wh-question
Pauses
Word stress
Similar nouns and verbs
Eg- progress, contract, object, permit
Suffixes
-ness, -ful, - ment, -r/er/or
Don’t
Eg- driver, goodness
-its, -ion, -ic, -ical, -ian
Do
Eg- majority, education
Compound nouns
Eg- basketball, network, coffee shop
Body language
Use hand gestures
Smile
Lean into the audiences
Eye contact
How to leave a good first impression in conversation
Small talk
The attitude while you talking to others
The identity of both of you
How imitate are you with your colleagues
Elevator speech
speak slowly
show you are aware of your listeners and are trying hard to connect with them
use pauses
help your listeners to hear key points
tell a story
gives your listeners about who you are and makes you someone they want to know
change the volume
connect to what you say
body language
present your best self, friendly, enthusiastic and confident
How to make a good Interview
The key to successful interviews
ability
greatest strength / best skills
willingness
work hard and don’t give up easily
how well you will fit in
give direct answer and refer to the actual job
tell a story / personal experience
negative becomes positive
Improve personal skills
great first impression
lasting
strong
body language
hand gestures
expressively
facial expressions
smiling
tone of voice
positive
posture
open and powerful
How to do a powerful phone talk
telephone language
clear introduction
state your name
state your position / title / role
purpose
exchange information
no missunderstanding
Practice speaking number
can & can't
friendly closing
tone voice