From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Three Intercultural Gems in The Post-American World

June 24, 2009

I want to introduce a book for its intercultural insights. An Indian-born American journalist, Fareed Zakaria is the author of several books including The Post-American World. Zakaria’s displays cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity throughout the book, some of which are just brilliant. I am presenting here three of these intercultural insights I’ve drawn out from his book.

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How to Communicate with Non-Native Speakers of English

June 10, 2009

Here are some tips on how to communicate with non-native speakers of English. It’s crucial that you gear your vocabulary, sentence structure, and expressions toward more simple, textbook, CNN-style standard English rather than using idioms and expressions that are more culturally influenced.

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