5 Ways to Build Confidence when Speaking
1. Change your mindset. No one expects perfection! Rewrite the script in your head telling you that you’ll be more confident if you could just stop making mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. Transcriptions of native English speakers show that they’re very...
What’s your style?
We all have a preferred way to learn. Think about the last time you learned something new. Did the way you were taught actually help you learn? Or did you feel like you had to adapt to a style that didn’t really fit you? Most of us probably already have a good...
3 Tech Tools for Langauge Learning
As you know, I mostly work with advanced English language users. But being associated with the Foreign Service, I’m also around a lot of people who are constantly learning languages at a variety of levels. While there are tons of programs and products out there...
Introducing yourself
When introducing yourself to a group (especially in a virtual context like on Zoom or your LinkedIn page) it’s easy to forget that an introduction is a dialogue, not a monologue. You are trying to communicate who you are to your listeners (or readers), but you’ll...