How to talk about the level of your English and what to say when you don’t understand.
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The Important Thing
THING: What a bland word. However, English likes it a lot. Look at the collection of expressions that embraces „thing”, you will be surprised! I encourage you to learn and use them at work, too.
RELATING / IN CONNECTION / REGARDING
Workplace languages (English and any other) are abundant in such words – e.g. “kapcsolatos”, “vonatkozó” in Hungarian. They are used incorrectly by non-native speakers most of the time, however good their English is. Let me help you figure them out for good.
1st of April Fun Compilation from the SciEng lessons
On the 1st of April I have collected some funny lines from my SciEngers that derived actually from the hardships of learning English. Enjoy!
How to say NO in informal English
You can use these expressions when you are talking to colleagues, close work contacts and or to friends and family, of course…
How to say NO in professional formal English
Learn new ways for saying NO to higherups, third-parties, customers.
He or She? They!
He or she? How many times did you get stalled because of this alterenative in your English sentence. This shouldn’t be a problem any more. Use “they”. Click to learn how.
Cool English for Work with Post-its
Próbáld ki, hogyan tanulhatsz menő új szavakat a munkához post-it cetlikkel a SciEng-en! Jó móka, könnyű és hatásos!
VIDEO CALLS
All the English you will need for any Internet or conference call at work.
TOP 10 Favourite Words in the SciEng lessons in 2019
This is the list of my TOP 10 favourite words in 2019. I will tell you how they got into the vocab books and how they were finally learnt. Enjoy!
How to Do Passive Listening
Make sure you just listen to something in English regularly. It can be anything that you are interested in or that is available for you, or that is on in the background. It is called passive listening.
Making Appointments
Making appointments is an essential element of communication in any professional field. Here you can find a number of alternatives for ‘good’ and ‘not good’ to boost the impression you make on your partner.
Small Talk Starters at Company Parties
The end of the year often brings Christmas parties at your workplace or at a client or partner. These company parties have a distinct art, which is not always easy to master in the English language.Let me help you by giving the most usable small talk starters.
Punctuation marks in English
It is also important to be able to name the punctuation marks in English. Here is a list for your reference.
TOP 13+1 MOVIES FROM THE WORLD OF WORK
Here is a list of 13 movies (and an extra) from the world of work. They are great movies on their own, but watching them in English you can pick up a lot of scientific English, too. Enjoy!
The best Christmas presents recommended by SciEng by professions…
SciEng is soon closing its first calendar year. Now I would like to thank each and every clients of mine for their persistent trust in me by a special Advent treat. Every day you will get ideas for a new profession. Watch out for yours or your friends’.
Measuring and Quantities
All that you need about measurements and numbers. A free downloadable compilaton for learners and teachers of English.
Wait, how much is 1 trillion American Dollars?
If you want to get cosy in the English-speaking financial world, you are now given a good chance to practise a little and learn how much is Apple’s capital – at the moment.