Andwhat I woulddoif I were, say, havingtoworkinGerman, let's say, orSpanishorChineseorRussianorJapaneseorPortuguese,
then, I wouldfind, youknow, documents, reports, thingsofthatnaturewhichhavethevocabulary⏤thetechnicalvocabulary⏤thatrelatestomyareaofprofessional, youknow, expertiseorthingsthat I need.
And I wouldreadthemand I would, if... if I couldfindpodcastsonthesesubjects, I wouldlistentothem.
I wouldsavethewordsandphrasesthat I need, essentially, usingsomethinglikeLingQ.
I wouldbringthemintoLingQandthenworkthemtogetthatjargon, thatturnofphrase, thetechnicaltermsthat I need.
That's theeasypart.
Themoredifficultpartis⏤becauseifyouworkinanofficeoryou'reinteractingwithcustomersorsuppliersoryou'redealingwithpeoplein a workingenvironment⏤youaredealingwiththemsocially.
itgivesus a subjectofdiscussionthatwecansharewithourcolleaguesatwork.
But, also, wecanacquirethevocabularyandget a senseoftheculturetotheextentthatthesesitcomsreflecthowpeopleactuallylive.
It's a somewhatdistortedimpression.
Nevertheless, I findwhen I watch a sitcomin, youknow, Turkishorwhatever, I have a feelingthat I'm participatinginthelifeofthesepeople, Turkishpeople, ifit's a familyorwhatever.
And I tendtoprefersitcomswithwhatseemstoberealisticpeopleratherthan, youknow, crimeandcarracesandshootingandallthiskindofstuff.
So, wehavetowork, evenintheworkplace, wehavetoworkonoursocialEnglishaswellasourprofessionalEnglish.
Now, whenitcomestosalespresentationsormaking a presentationofanykind, I thinkit's⏤firstofall, youwanttostudypeoplewhoareeffectiveatdoingthis.
AndtheinterestingthingforthosepeoplelearningEnglishisthatthereisanabundanceofpodcastson... notonlyoneverypossibleareaof, frommarketingtotechnicalissuesto, younameit, Bitcoin, I don't know.
So, I woulddefinitelyrecommendavailingyourselfofpodcasts, butalso, I'm sure⏤
I don't knowiftherearepodcastsonhowtomake a presentation, butthere's lotsof⏤I haven't Googledforit⏤butifyouGooglefor "howtomake a presentation", yougetlotsoftips.
Mysuggestionis, inanypresentation I havemade, I usethe, sortof, presentationtechniquesoftheancientGreeksandRomans, the, sortof, rhetoricalconventions.
AndyoucanGoogle "rhetoric", andyouwillseethattheyhave a certainstyle.
Youbeginby⏤youhavetobeginbymakingpeoplelikeyouin a wayandestablishingyourcredentials.
Andthenyoutell a story, andthenyoucanpresentsomecounterargumentstoyourstory, andthenyouwanttofinishwithanemotionalappeal.
I mean, I'vesummarizeditveryquickly, but I woulddefinitelyrecommendthatyoudosomeresearchintohowtopresentthingseffectively.
Andthereare a numberofconflictingtheoriesofhowtopresenteffectively, butthesearetechniquesthatyoushouldhave.
Becauseifyouhave a techniquethatyou'reusingforhowyouaregoingtopresent, howyou'regonnamakeyourselfappearcredible,
And, finally, ifyouareinthesituationwhereyouhavetomakesalespresentations, do a littlebitofresearchoneffective, youknow, speechmakingandrhetoric, as I say, R-H-E-T-O-R-I-C.
BecausetheancientGreeksandRomansreallyhad a goodapproach; itwas a bigpartoftheireducation.
And I thinkit's veryvaluable, eventoday.
So, thereyouhaveit, a briefdiscussiononworkplaceEnglish.
Anditispartofthiswholeideaofeffectiveoutput, so, I willleave a coupleofvideoswhere I talkaboutusingthelanguageeffectively.
So, youhavetoconnectwiththemculturallyandsocially.
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