Effective preparation for the OET writing test is essential to help you achieve your highest possible score. Knowing how to approach the test, including essential test strategies and the appropriate background knowledge, will reduce your anxiety and increase your chances of success.
Accent Reduction Tips for Chinese Speakers
posted on June 15th, 2010
Every language has its own particular sounds and patterns of pronunciation and intonation. These are learned in childhood and are used easily and without thinking. When a person learns another language, these sounds and speech patterns act as barriers to the pronunciation of the new language, as often the speaker will use the rules or sounds of the first language to speak English. The result is an accented English, such as the “Chinese accent”.
Accent Reduction Tips for Indian Speakers
posted on June 9th, 2010
Every language has its own particular sounds and patterns of pronunciation and intonation. These are learned in childhood and are used easily and without thinking. When a person learns another language, these sounds and speech patterns act as barriers to the pronunciation of the new language, as often the speaker will use the rules or sounds of the first language to speak English. The result is an accented English, such as the “Indian accent”.
Accent Reduction Tips for Japanese Speakers
posted on June 9th, 2010
Every language has its own particular sounds and patterns of pronunciation and intonation. These are learned in childhood and are used easily and without thinking. When a person learns another language, these sounds and speech patterns act as barriers to the pronunciation of the new language, as often the speaker will use the rules or sounds of the first language to speak English. The result is an accented English, such as the “Japanese accent”.
Intercultural Communication Tips for Communicating at Work
posted on June 7th, 2010
In today’s work environment many of us are finding ourselves working with different people from different cultures. While this can enrich the working environment, intercultural communication can sometimes create a challenge for those who are unable to interpret and understand other people correctly.
Understanding how cultures vary can help us to make meaningful comparisons, however, there are numerous other factors that can influence our ability to understand each other. Different cultures have different ‘rules’ that influence the way we behave, how we speak, what we value, our concept of time, interpersonal space, and even our interpretation of humour. Each of us interprets each situation through our own cultural ‘lens’.
Ten Tips to Improve your English Speaking Skills
posted on May 21st, 2010
The following 10 tips will help you to improve your English speaking skills and help you feel more confident when you talk.
Why should you improve your communication skills with patients?
posted on May 13th, 2010
Overseas-trained medical professionals are valued in Australia and enrich our multicultural society. They play an important role in meeting a skills shortage and in fact, in many rural and remote areas in particular, the local population are heavily dependent on overseas-trained doctors. However, many overseas trained doctors may from time-to-time, experience difficulties in communicating with their patients due to the considerable variation of their backgrounds.
How to lose your accent
posted on May 12th, 2010
Speaking English with a strong accent can sometimes be a frustrating experience for even the most highly educated foreign language speakers. Being misunderstood, or perhaps not being able to get your point across can make you lose confidence and may even make you avoid speaking. So how can you lose your accent and improve your communication with other people?
How to become a doctor in Australia
posted on May 11th, 2010
Overseas trained doctors have become an important part of the Australian medical workforce and there are a set of processes which have been developed to assess and recognise the skills and qualifications of overseas trained medical professionals. A part of this process includes meeting English language proficiency requirements. It is therefore essential that doctors and other medical professionals improve English communication skills to ensure effective patient care.
Doctors benefit from accent reduction training
posted on May 11th, 2010
Communication is vital between doctors and patients to ensure effective patient care. Many doctors understand this and are now seeking accent reduction training to help them to improve communication with patients and colleagues. The results of training have shown to increase confidence, improve relationships with others and enhance the doctor / patient relationship.
Learn Accent reduction online
posted on May 5th, 2010
Do you want to reduce your accent to help you get a job, improve your career or to communicate better with clients and colleagues? Do you prefer the convenience of training in your own home? Well you can when you learn accent reduction online.
When you study online you improve your listening skills, learn how to change your speech pronunciation patterns and with practice and guidance, you will be able to improve your English pronunciation to help you communicate more clearly and successfully with other people.
What is an accent?
posted on April 22nd, 2010
An accent is the way in which a language is pronounced. Everybody has an accent. It is the result of contact with different people at different times in our lives. A person’s accent depends on many factors, but can classified as regional or foreign.
A regional accent is determined by where the person lives and what social groups they belong to. People who live in close contact grow to share a way of speaking, or accent, which will differ from the way other groups in other places speak. A foreign accent occurs when a person speaks one language using some of the rules or sounds of another language. Having an accent is natural for speakers of second or third languages.
How to Improve English Communication Skills
posted on April 13th, 2010
The ability to communicate clearly in English is essential for individuals and businesses who work in countries where English is the main language. Indeed for individuals and businesses worldwide who want to do business in English speaking countries, good English communication skills are vital to business success.
What is the TOEIC?
posted on March 18th, 2010
The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) is an English language test that measures the everyday English skills of people working in an international environment.
Learn English in the Gold Coast
posted on March 10th, 2010
Best time to go to the Gold Coast is all year round! The Gold Coast has warm summers and mild winters with an average of 300 days of sunshine a year. Visit the Gold Coast and study and stay with a teacher. You can learn English and enjoy the beautiful weather and beaches of the Gold Coast region.
Learn English in Melbourne
posted on March 10th, 2010
Melbourne is a cosmopolitan city with many things to do, see and experience. It is set on the shores of Port Phillip Bay with the city bordering the Yarra River. Voted many times over as one of the world’s most liveable cities, Melbourne (the capital of the State of Victoria) is well known for its friendly people. It’s a great place to learn English!
English for Business communication
posted on March 3rd, 2010
Communication is an essential skill needed by every employee in every organization and in today’s global workplace, employees need good English for business communication skills in order to perform their jobs well. For employers, effective English for Business communication skills are vital for employees to be productive in their work, enhance teamwork and provide a high level of customer service with clients
Learn English in Brisbane
posted on March 1st, 2010
Learn English in Brisbane and you’ll discover a vibrant region that’s not only filled with energy, but with 300 warm and sunny days a year, you’ll also find it’s filled with endless things to do. When you learn English in Brisbane you can discover the sights and wonders that Queensland offers, while getting one-to-one lessons from your qualified teacher.
Study and stay with a teacher
posted on February 9th, 2010
A unique way to learn English is to study and stay with a teacher in their home.
When you study and stay with a teacher, you get a full English language immersion experience. You speak English the entire time during your stay, so you can learn English faster with great results. You are welcomed into the teacher’s family and join in with activities after lessons.
How to apply for a job in Australia.
posted on October 28th, 2009
Do you want to get a job in Australia? Australia’s job market is highly competitive. Find out how you can increase your chances of getting a job offer by submitting a high quality job application.
