von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 29, 2026 | Sparks |
Steal the technique, not the accent You watch a TED talk (I love them!) and think, I could never sound like that. So you work on the wrong thing. The voice, the polish, the ease that seems to come with growing up speaking English. What makes a talk easy to follow is...
von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 28, 2026 | Sparks |
Dear all, and what most people write instead You’ve written „Dear all“ hundreds of times. Nobody has ever complained, and nobody ever will. It’s correct. It’s also a little more formal than you probably feel about the eight people who are...
von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 25, 2026 | Sparks |
Nobody else knew what „ballpark“ meant either The hardest person to follow in an international meeting is often the one who grew up speaking English. They say „let’s park that“ or „give me a ballpark figure“. Everyone else...
von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 24, 2026 | Sparks |
Understanding isn’t the same as speaking You understood every word of the presentation. Then someone asked you a question. The answer was completely clear in your head. Something else came out of your mouth, slower and smaller, and you spent the afternoon...
von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 23, 2026 | Sparks |
A feedback or feedback? The word English never counts. You said it in the meeting and everybody understood you. „We had a nice feedback from the client.“ Nobody corrected you, because nobody needed to. The meaning arrived intact. The only snag is the...
