CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION Learning Outcomes: By the end of this chapter students should be able to: i. define workplace communication ii. differentiate the different channels of communication iii. synthesize information from different sources What is professional communication? Communication is a “process of exchanging ideas‚ opinions and as a means for individuals and organisations to share meaning with one another” (Koneru‚ 2008)
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a complex sentence‚ a Senate committee is believed to have found. (The Age‚ 13 September 2007) Nothing unites a country more than its common language because from a language comes a history and a culture. (John Howard quoted in Migrants to sit English test‚ ABC Online‚ 11 December 2006) Linguists suggest that some people deliberately choose a low status accent as a way of invoking prestige‚ although this is less common amongst women than men. The Australian-born children of migrants from Europe
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Useful Debating Phrases (in not quite as small print) (1) 1st Proposition opening‚ definition‚ teamline‚ own arguments (3) 2nd Proposition rebuttal of 1st Opp.‚ rebuild own case‚ own arguments (5) 3rd Proposition general rebuttal‚ rebuild own case (8) Proposition Reply (1st or 2nd speaker) biased summary (2) 1st Opposition accepting definition / redefinition‚ teamline‚ rebuttal of 1st Proposition‚ own arguments (4) 2nd Opposition rebuttal of 2nd Prop.‚ rebuild own case‚ own arguments (6) 3rd Opposition
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Eghbal Ghazizadeh. MC101230 How to Develop Confidence in Speaking As we know today learning other languages like English and french is a common problem in the world. So people want to find better ways to improve their language. Speaking is an important skill to communicate with other people. But‚ How can we improve speaking skill? How we are going to learn speaking properly and confidently? Are we speak quickly‚easily and automaticaly. In traditional way‚ people a lot of time
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They used to use urine to tan animal skins‚ so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor" But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn’t even afford to buy a pot......they "didn’t have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn’t just how you like it‚ think about how things
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knowledge of syntax‚ in particular your knowledge of syntactic categories such as nouns‚ verbs and so on‚ and how those categories can be combined with other words to form large categories or phrases. Where some syntactic unit or clauses are independent and others are subordinated. We will introduce you to phrase structure rules‚ a notation that allows us to express this knowledge of syntactic units. But all our knowledge of categories is likely a part of Universal Grammar. 1 Many children
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her up‚’ she said oracularly‚ ’he called her up‚ and asked her to keep you at the telephone‚ so he could talk to Miss Louise. A thankless child is sharper than a serpent’s tooth.’" (Mary Roberts Rinehart‚ The Circular Staircase‚ 1908) * "English has frequent verb idioms which consist of a verb and a prepositional adverb‚ for example tune in‚ turn on and throw up. . . . As idioms‚ the meaning of verb + prepositional adverb compounds is not the sum of the two parts: throw up‚ for example‚ doesn’t
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Malaysian English versus Standard English Introduction Many countries use the English Language as a second language or perhaps its official language. When we talk about English Language‚ the most acknowledged kind is called Standard English (SE). In Malaysia‚ English is widely used‚ as it is our country’s second language. However‚ the type of English that is more commonly used here is known as Malaysian English (ME). Malaysian English (ME) Vs Standard English (SE) ME is quite different
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the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently‚ with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. NM.CC.RI.6. Reading Standards for Informational Text Craft and Structure RI.6.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text‚ including figurative‚ connotative‚ and technical meanings NM.CC.W.6. Writing Standards Text Types and Purposes W.6.1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
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"On quoting ..." A corpus-based study on the phraseology of well-known quotations Sixta Quassdorf Department of English University of Basel sixta.quassdorf@unibas.ch Abstract Quotations are an interesting linguistic phenomenon in at least two respects: firstly they link ordinary language with the language of the poets‚ and secondly they typically represent creativity within formulaicity. To study quotations in more detail‚ a database of quotations from and allusions to Shakespeare ’s Hamlet
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