While You Were Sleeping, A Multilingual Took Your Job
The greatest perk of speaking several languages is getting more opportunities and career prospects. Multilingual professionals expand not just their income but also their view of the world, interests and communication networks. Multilingual employees are often given preference in employment opportunities for many reasons. Here are the top five reasons you probably never thought about. 1. They help […]
Are Your Employee Language Skills Holding Your Company Back?
Within an organization, language is crucial to creating a cooperative and friendly environment. On the contrary, the state of not being able to communicate well can be troublesome. It can get in the way of productivity, smooth functions, inter-organizational cooperation, and collaborative growth. As an employer or CEO, you may feel this linguistic restriction is […]
53 Basic Spanish Travel Phrases and Sentences for Travellers
Travelling becomes more interesting when you communicate with natives and are able to immerse yourselves in a new culture. To make this happen, you have to learn some basic expressions of the official or most spoken language of the country you are traveling to. This way, you can seek assistance and confidently navigate through your […]
Everything You Need To Know About English for Specific Purposes
English is the most powerful language in the world and has approximately 500 million native speakers across the world. Achieving proficiency in the English language is vital for professional success internationally. While a General English course offers learners the opportunity to become fluent in the language, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) provides content altered according […]
Entrepreneurs Must Learn a New Language-6 Reasons Why
You’ve recently started a new business and you have a thousand different ideas and projects for growth. We know the feeling – it’s exhilarating. We also know that proper, professional communication is what takes a start-up to success. Quick example: over the past decade, we have changed from a start-up to an established global leader […]
Do All Your Employees Speak The Same Language?
We live in a technologically advanced age that enables us to work together with people from all walks of life. As an employer, you probably have employees with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. To ensure that your business operates efficiently in terms of productivity, your employees need to speak the same language. In the long […]
Using SMART Goals to Efficiently Learn a Foreign Language
Using SMART Goals to Efficiently Learn a Foreign Language Setting goals or targets doesn’t come naturally to everyone and has to be cultivated using various factors of importance. When researching goal setting theories or the importance of goal setting, one is bound to come across the 1979 Harvard study or the 1953 Yale study, both concluding that from […]
Business Etiquette Training How to Avoid Causing Offence
Often behavior that is interpreted as rude or offensive is unintentional. What is perfectly reasonable to one culture can be highly inappropriate to another. So where does this leave us in Dubai – a city known as being a ‘melting pot of cultures’? Unarguably the coexistence of such a diverse range of cultures is what […]
What Do Selling and Teaching Have In Common?
Cristina D. shares how sales techniques make her a better teacher and teaching techniques have improved her ability to sell effectively. Ever thought that two different areas of activity could find a place where they can function together and separately at the same time? Neither did I, until …. last year. At first glance, teaching and selling are totally […]