English Communication: Best Words and Phrases Seen Recently
Don’t you love words and phrases that express exactly what you want to say? Adapt them to your situation: !. And as always, thank you for being an Xfinity customer. 2. Pleasure in small doses 3.Give the gift of career help and personal growth this year. 4. Totally worth it. 5. Cherish the day. -Stephen […]
Colloquial Phrases Ripped from Broadcast and Print Media
Colloquial Phrases Ripped from Broadcast and Print Media You’ve probably already know this: As languages expand to greater populations, their vocabulary exponentially grows. And you know this: Human beings enjoy variety. So, add these colloquial phrases to verbal communication for variety, succinctness, and to signal that you are ahead of the curve and current. It’s […]
Now- Colloquial Words and Phrases
Colloquial words and phrases heard on cable media and seen in print media this past week. Spice up your communication. Fingers crossed. As in “Fingers crossed that we get rain.” ABC 10/10/2021 Stay in the game Sadly. As in “Sadly, it is not a typical year.” The timeline. As in “The timeline for finishing college […]
Why So Many Words for the Same Thing?
English Communication: Why so many words for the same thing? Roberta (from Italy) asked me, “Why does English have so many words for everything? ‘Smart,’ ‘Clever,’ ‘Brainy,’ ‘Intelligent’– in Italian we just say ‘Intelligente!’ It’s true, English has a lot of words! Experts count at least 250,000. (Other experts say half a million, a million […]
Convincing People
Tip: Convincing People If you want to convince people, remember this: The more separate arguments you make against your opponent’s position, the more difficult it is for your opponent to deal with each of those items. copyright Clear Talk Mastery 2021 (140623)’
Have You Noticed This Wisdom in North American Media Stories?
SPEECH TIP ON WEBSITE FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 2020 The speech tip for today, Tuesday, September 29, 2020, is a summary of wisdom prevalent in media these last several years. Well… just a preliminary summary. Just a bit and not all. For example pieces of this wisdom you will find here—the best seller in 2019, […]
Words & Phrases Especially Good Now
The speech tip for today, Monday, September 21, 2020 are examples of phrases and sentences I have heard In the last 30 days which fit these times we are living. Individuals are adapting. Organizations are adapting. Interactions between individuals are adapting. It’s way better to be wrong when I say I can … than to […]
Try Using These Super Current Phrases
Speech Tip for today, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 on website www.ClearTalkMastery.com Okayyyy. Speech tip today is your using words and phrases which caught my ear in the last several weeks on media. I love these words and phrases. For those of you trying to improve your English speech enunciation or pronunciation, each of these has […]
Talk Clearly With Face Mask
SPEECH TIP. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Seven of our current student-learners are ITAs, International Teaching Assistants, for Chemistry or BioChemistry. They want to know—how do you lecture using a facemask. Answer- You will need to maximize using the Six Clear Talk Strategies. In brief, first, talk a little louder. Your voice has to penetrate or […]
When do you emphasize the syllable with the root word?
Website Speech Tip FOR Tuesday, AUGUST 25, 2020 Do you want to understand why sometimes you are supposed to put the word syllable accent or stress on the same syllable as the root word and sometimes you are not supposed to ? English Pronunciation: Have you ever wondered why when you add a suffix onto […]