Own Your Behaviours, Master Your Communication, Determine Your Success

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 7/12/2018 11:59:00 PM with No comments
Own Your Behaviours, Master Your Communication, Determine Your Success
Own Your Behaviours, Master Your Communication, Determine Your Success

This is one of the must watch TEDx talks speeches by Louise Evans. The title of her presentation struck me. If you watch this video and look back into yourself, I believe that you will realise that we are living in her so-called term of 5 Choices of 5 Chairs. It is a matter of choices we make everyday.

I really encourage you to watch this and you will see that your life will change from the moment you understand what she was talking about in this video. Don't forget to read the comments people left for her presentation.

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This speech is a call to action. We spend about eighty percent of our day at work, the rest is at home. If we have a bad day at work we are likely to take that negativity home with us and vice versa. It is of paramount importance that we create healthy environments in the spaces that most affect our lives by giving of our best and receiving the like in return. The 5 Chairs is a powerful and systematic method which helps us master our own behaviours and manage the behaviours of others. To be a good leader is to contribute to the success and happiness of everyone, at work and at home, on a conscious level. The 5 Chairs offer 5 Choices. Which will you choose?

Behavioral Coach, Corporate Trainer, Author of ‘5 Chairs 5 Choices’. Louise Evans heads up her own organization in Florence, Italy from which she offers international leadership development, cross-cultural transitional coaching and personal development programmes for individuals and teams working in international contexts. She is English but has lived and worked in Germany, France and for the last 30 years in Italy. Three things have always been important in her life - people, travel and the performing arts - all three of which she combines in her daily work. Having travelled to seven-five countries and experienced culture shock three times, Louise brings multiple perspectives to the present moment to help people connect across their differences. Louise believes deeply in people’s ability to grow and transform. What she values most is helping people strengthen their self-awareness and their understanding of others so that they bring their best selves into the world in every situation.
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Different Ways to say - 'I didn't understand'

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 2/15/2018 06:56:00 PM with No comments
Different Ways to say - 'I didn't understand'
Different Ways to say - 'I didn't understand'

In this learn real English video, you will learn Different ways to say 'I didn't understand' with Michelle.

Hope this lesson will help improve your Spoken English. We will learn several other English phrases which have the same meaning as "I didn't understand". this will make your English more natural like native speaker.

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If you want to learn different ways of expressing confusion then join Michelle in this ESL lesson. It’s good to follow certain steps when you’re trying to express confusion because if the listener didn’t understand you at the first step, they might understand you at the second, third or fourth step.  In this English lesson Michelle brings you some expressions that you could use to express confusion in your daily English conversation.


 Step1: Phrases to say you didn’t understand:
I’m sorry. I don’t understand.

 Situation: If you’re on the way to a restaurant. You see that you have lost your way and you stop by to ask for directions. 
You: “Excuse me, Could you please help me with the way to Paestro Lounge?”
Reply: Take the first right and then a sharp left towards Tonino’s and there arrives your destination. 
You: I’m sorry. I didn’t understand. Could you please repeat that?

 Sorry, I didn’t catch that. (I didn’t hear what you said.)
Meaning: didn’t hear a particular word
Situation: In a classroom
Teacher: Everyone, open your books at page 178.
You: Sorry, I didn't catch that.
I didn’t get it. 
Meaning: You had difficulty understanding.
Sorry, I couldn’t hear that.
Meaning: When you can’t hear what someone said.

 Step 2: Phrases to convey why you didn’t understand:
• English is not my first language.
• Please excuse my English.
• I’m not very good with English, so please bear with me. (co-operate with me)

 STEP 3: Asking someone to repeat themselves:
• Could you repeat that?
• Could you say that again?
• Would you mind repeating that?

 Over a phone call:
The address is 27 Oakfield Road, Clifton, Bristol.
Sorry, I didn’t get that. Would you mind repeating the road name again?
Oakfield. O-A-K-F-I-E-L-D
Thanks. I got it.

 Could you speak up please? 
Meaning: didn’t hear
Situation: When someone speaks in a very low voice.
For example: When someone is giving instructions in an examination hall – you can tell your friend- He should speak up so that those in back can hear him.

 Sorry, Could you speak more slowly, please.
Meaning: Used to ask someone to speak at a slow speed.
I don’t know that word, could you please tell me what it means.
Meaning: Used when you don’t know the meaning of a particular word.
I’m sorry, I still didn’t get that. 
Meaning: When you ask someone to repeat themselves a second time.
Come again… – Informal (slang)
Meaning: It is used to ask someone to repeat something that you have not heard or understood
Example: 
Sally: Do you want some more carrots?
Mary: Come again? 
Sally: Carrots. Do you want some more carrots?

 Step 4: To Apologize for the confusion:
Sorry for the confusion.

 STEP 5: To say that you understand: 
I see. (I understand)
I understand now. Thankyou
I get it ( I understand)
I hope this lesson was helpful for you. I’ll be back with another fun learning lesson soon.

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Different ways to say 'I don't know..'

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 2/15/2018 04:21:00 PM with No comments
Different ways to say 'I don't know..'
Different ways to say 'I don't know..'

In this learn real English video, you will learn Different ways to say "I don't know" with Niharika.

Hope this lesson will help improve your Spoken English. Which we will learn several other English phrases which sound much more conversational and smarter than "I don't know".

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In this ESL lesson, Niharika will help you improve your spoken English. She explains what are the different alternatives to the old phrase “I don’t know” which doesn’t sound very bright, we can use several other English phrases which sound much more conversational and smart. We can use these English phrases while situations that we may not know the answers to.

The first three phrases are
I have no idea
I have no clue
I haven’t the foggiest idea

All three of these phrases can be used when you really have no information at all and are even unable to guess what the answer to a question could be.

For example, Do you know if john has broken up with Mary?

Now since you haven’t spoken to either of them, you have no information and you really can’t make a guess about something like this, so you could respond by saying, I have no idea or I have no clue or I haven’t the foggiest idea, which also means the same thing.

The next set of phrases can be used when again you don’t know the answer to a question and it doesn’t concern you at all, hence you are also very annoyed but you can’t be rude to the person asking you. So you could respond by saying

How should I know?
Don’t ask me
Search me

For example,
Do you know if our boss is divorced?
How should I know?

This is a perfect example, to answer by using any of the above mentioned three phrases

The next one is,
Your guess is as good as mine.


This phrase can be used when you know that the person asking you a question also has no idea about what the answer could be. So you are both sailing in the same boat.

For example,
Do you know if Peter will come to the party?
Here, you could answer by saying, your guess is as good as mine.

The next phrase is,
It beats me.


This can be used when you want to say that you don’t understand something and hence you don’t know the answer

For example,
Do you know the answer to this puzzle?
It beats me.
The next phrase is,
Not as far as I know.

You can use this phrase when someone asks you a question to confirm if the information that they have is correct or not but you have no information about the situation. So you could say, not as far as I know.

For example, if a colleague of yours has heard a rumor that one of your managers is quitting and wants to confirm with you, I heard about Josh’s resignation, did you know?

Well, not as far as I know.
The last phrase is
Who knows.


This phrase can be used for questions which almost no one would have answer to like,

Do you know when the end of the world is?
So you could say who knows in response to a question like this, which nobody may have answer to.

So these are the English phrases that you can use instead of the not so smart phrase, I don’t know and sound confident in English speaking while responding to questions that you don’t have answers to.
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Small Talk Tips and Tricks - 4 Great Conversation Starters

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 2/15/2018 03:24:00 PM with No comments
Small Talk Tips and Tricks - 4 Great Conversation Starters
Small Talk Tips and Tricks - 4 Great Conversation Starters

Hello, in this learn real English video, you will learn 4 great conversation starts with Aaron Marino.

Small talk is a key to great communication and these small talk tips will help you with breaking the ice. Small talk takes practice and the more you practice the better you will get. These 4 conversation starters will help you feel comfortable the next time you decide to engage in a little small talk.

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Aaron Marino of alpha m. says that small talk is the key to managing the act of conversing with new people and a critical component of interaction. We need small talk. It's like boxing- you start by feeling him / her out. It's a dance, not knocking someone out. Small talk is peppering them with punches.

Four Favorite Conversation Starters

1. "When you're not working, what do you like doing?" - hobbies (passion) are something that people can talk about all day long and they get excited doing it. Conversation will get rolling, and eventually they reciprocate the question.

2. "How's your day going?" - hopefully they elaborate more than 'fine'. If not, go to #3.

3. "You have any plans this weekend?" - if they haven't engaged at this point, this person 'sucks' and find someone else.

4. Lead with a compliment; however, the only appropriate aspect to compliment is something that they're wearing otherwise it could be taken the wrong way!
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The 4 Skills of Great Communication

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 1/31/2018 09:21:00 PM with No comments
The 4 Skills of Great Communication
The 4 Skills of Great Communication

In this learn real English video, you will learn 4 skills to practice to have great communication which can be applied with your talk in any language.

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Ask anyone who performs at a high level: athletes, dancers, singers, etc. They all prepare and practice their skills the same way. They break their skill down into smaller "sub-skills," then practice each one individually, then put them all back together, and their overall skill level has improved. The same is true with communication. "Great communication" is a big topic -- a big skill to try to master. But if we break that down into smaller sub-skills, improvement becomes much easier. The 4 communication sub-skills we identify in our workshops are Assess, Message, Document, and Deliver. When you can master each of these sub-skills, overall communication becomes more polished!
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The Recipe for Great Communication

Posted by Learn Real English Team Posted on 1/31/2018 09:15:00 PM with No comments
The Recipe for Great Communication
The Recipe for Great Communication

If we look at our communication as if we're preparing a meal, we'll find 5 ingredients present in every meal. Let's see what they are in this video.

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If we look at our communication as if we're preparing a meal, we'll find 5 ingredients present in every meal we prepare: Clarity, Brevity, Context, Impact, and Value. But how much of each ingredient do we need? That depends on who you'll be speaking to. Different audiences have different tastes, so you'll need different proportions of each ingredient. Some people will need more Clarity, some will need more Impact, or Context. This short video talks about these 5 ingredients, and how they fit into The Recipe for Great Communication.
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