by Christine Burgmer | Nov 12, 2016 | Allgemein |
Try and get your tongue around this one here … “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.” Now...
by Christine Burgmer | Nov 11, 2016 | Allgemein |
Listen to Scientific American’s 60-second podcast entitled “Is Lying a Good Strategy?”. It’s fairly demanding, so don’t worry too much if you don’t understand everything. You can also find the transcript on the page to help...
by Christine Burgmer | Nov 10, 2016 | Allgemein |
False friends are those English words that sound very much like the German words you know, but mean something completely different. You’ll find a lovely little list on the Bayerischer Rundfunk site.
by Christine Burgmer | Nov 9, 2016 | Allgemein |
Rather than learn fixed phrases when giving a presentation, I suggest that use your own words. And that’s exactly what Carl Kwan from Presentation Expressions recommends, too. Your presentation will sound so much more natural and spontaneous.
by Christine Burgmer | Nov 8, 2016 | Allgemein |
As far as I know there aren’t any fixed rules about how to use bullet points. So this is how I normally use them. I like to introduce lists with a colon (that’s this punctuation mark here :). I don’t use full-stops when I write a list of items....
by Christine Burgmer | Nov 7, 2016 | Allgemein |
“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” Benjamin Disraeli
