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English is fast becoming
the international language of business. This generally gives native English speakers a huge advantage in any business situation.
However, once people with different mother tongues are working together in English there can be considerable miscommunication
or lack of communication. At international meetings held in English the people who are usually the most difficult to understand
are the native English speakers. Everyone else speaks Offshore English, International English, or ‘text
book’ English. These are all forms of English with a smaller vocabulary range and spoken at a slower
speed than that of native speakers. More importantly, it is usually free of idiom, slang, humour, banter,
excessive jargon and figures of speech. For example, what exactly do these phrases mean to different cultures?“What’s the bottom line?” “Can you ball park it?”” This will
raise the stakes”. “Its all above board” “Give
me your gut reaction”. If you have a team of people working together and some
are native speakers some not, it is quicker, easier and cheaper to improve the communication skills of the native English
speakers than to improve the language level of all of the non-native English speakers. It is a truism, but a valid one,
that if you are easy to understand, you will have a greater chance of understanding the response you get. It takes many years
to learn English to a level of fluency, but in only a few hours it is possible to learn how to make your English easier to
understand. “Speaking international English”
is an interactive training workshop aimed at helping native speakers develop an awareness of the key skills in being a good
international communicator. Who will the workshop benefit? The workshop will benefit anyone who works with other
cultures and uses English as the only or the dominant business language. It will also benefit people who
use interpreters. What are the course objectives?
The workshop will provide strategies
for improving all types of communication, and so increase efficiency, advance the success of the organisation and build positive
long-term relationships. You will walk away from the course with a set of skills to make communicating easier,
more effective and more efficient.
If you work internationally and
you’d like to discuss the things that are troubling you, call us on +44 (0)1252 790410 or email
info@interculturalsuccess.com Intercultural Success - Creating confidence to work with the world
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