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		<title>Accent Reduction Tips for Indonesian Speakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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The Indonesian language has its own particular sounds and patterns for  pronunciation. When an Indonesian speaker learns another  language, these speech patterns may act as a barrier to the  pronunciation of English.  This results in  an accented English, such as the “Indonesian accent”.
Indonesian speakers tend to have some common difficulties when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communication &#8211; a key issue for IMG&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Communication issues and misunderstandings can often occur in the clinical medical situation and this was revealed in a recent patient survey conducted of general medical practices in Western Australia.   The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Western Australia, revealed that 76% of patients felt that there were communication barriers between themselves and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OET Test Tips &#8211; Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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.
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		<title>Accent Reduction Tips for Chinese Speakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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The Chinese language has its own particular sounds and patterns  for  pronunciation. When a Chinese speaker learns English,  these speech patterns may act as a barrier to the   pronunciation of English.  This results in  an accented English,  such as the “Chinese accent”.
Chinese  speakers tend to have some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accent Reduction Tips for Indian Speakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Indian languages have their own particular sounds and patterns  for   pronunciation. When an Indian speaker learns English,  these  speech patterns may act as a barrier to the   pronunciation of English.  This results in  an accented English,  such as  the “Indian accent”.
Indian   speakers tend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accent Reduction Tips for Japanese Speakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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The Japanese language has its own particular sounds and patterns  for    pronunciation. When a Japanese speaker learns English,  these  speech  patterns may act as a barrier to the   pronunciation of English.  This results in  an accented English,  such as  the “Japanese accent”.
Japanese speakers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intercultural Communication Tips for Communicating at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Tips to Improve your English Speaking Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 08:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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The following 10 tips will help you to improve your English speaking skills and help you feel more confident when you talk.

1.    Practice speaking with other people as much as possible.  If possible try to practice in authentic speaking situations.   Maybe you could join a club or organisation, to help you get more English speaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miscommunication in the medical context</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to lose your accent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 06:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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