Sharing & Experiencing Culture Through English Conversations - Avoid Embarrasments

We enjoyed the engaging conversations during today's session on Cultural Implications and Context within Conversational English. The participants participated actively. Our new friends from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam (Sunny), who teaches English as a Foreign Language to university students and from Mendoza, Argentina (Emanuel) who likes to be a future English professor. Hosted by our American Coach, Jaiyetee, whose expertise of Coaching in the areas of Communications, Business, Linguistics and Leadership.

Our topics evolved from various aspects of conversations, its contextual meanings and cultural implications such as learning the 'Cultural Iceberg' where there are many information that we do not know and aware of when communicating with someone whom we just met, or we work with or we have been introduced. Even when we have worked together for a while, but we did not explore the cultural backgrounds of implicit culture (the things underneath of the physical view). Often times, we are experiencing more the external appearance of the culture (what we are actually seeing). Imagine the view below, looking the physical view or its panorama,but you  are not sure how deep is the water and what exists under the surface of the water. That is how the implicit culture looks like - you cannot know it until you explore and discover more through a personal immersion. In the photo, you need to dive into the water and see what you can immerse yourself to understand what is in there.

We shared our ideas, views, perspectives and talked about;

1. Perceptions versus realities

2. Verbal communications and its implications and correct usage

3. Non-verbal communications and their unknown meanings

4. Meaning of words and phrases in different countries

5. Cultural meanings of greeting someone at a particular country in context

6. Giving gifts to a personal friend, business partner, family friends and acquaintances

7. Cultural Immersion and Experiences

In order to experience the real scenario and learn the cultural contexts of phrases, words, expressions, actions and avoid embarrassments during conversations in English, we need to learn what these mean in other cultures. Cultural Meanings and their relevance to the speaker / recipient of the information is important. We make sure that what we say will not be  offensive. Must demonstrate cultural competence, be articulate, and confident in an engaging conversation to be achieve great experience. 

When interested to participate in any future English Conversations via Skype please send your interest via email: info@ideasnconversations with your skype ID, and we will include you in the future events. You can invite your friends to participate with you to learn together. If you have specific topic that you would like to learn more, just email us with your suggested topic and we will consider for future topic agenda. 

Thank you to all our participants. Until the next session. 

You Become the Best of You when you Learn from the Best Coach / Tutor

Ideas N Conversations (http://www.ideasnconversations.com) can help you achieve your goals. Experienced in tutoring or coaching individuals who came from non-english speaking countries like Japan, India, Singapore, S. Korea, China, Malaysia, France, Germany, the Philippines, South American countries, USA, Canada, Columbia, Vietnam etc .

Work with any individuals in any profession, expat spouses who need to learn English for their day-to-day communication and those who are studying in College or Graduate school.

What do you get from learning with us?
1. We coach you customized lessons with significant improved learning compared to traditional tutoring class types or centers 
2. The lessons are important to you as they will remove your difficulties or deficiencies 
3. Your weaknesses will become strength because you will gain high level of proficiency
4. Lessons are time-bound and progressively changing to higher level from where you started
5. Learn how to use the English language correctly in order for you get better opportunities and communicate better with anyone

Please call +1 (650) 241-3207 to discuss your learning needs. Your proficiency will be assessed immediately, and then plan to begin your lessons. Customized lessons will facilitate maximum learning efficiency. You don't need to drive far to attend our classes. 

We like to hear from you and let us know how we can be of help to you. 

Interactive English Conversations through Practice with Multi-media Technologies

Interactive English Conversations through Practice with Multi-media Technologies^SM 

English is a language that is globally spoken by individuals; who work in multinational organizations, who travels internationally, who likes to pursue international career, who likes to add a second language to speak, and those who like to interact with other English speakers for either business or personal use.

credits: IdeasN, Skype, Yahoo

Through the use of modern multi-media technologies and with universal English language, global conversations are possible.

The Program: Interactive Conversations Through Practice with Multi-media Technologies is a modern results and media-driven program that creates the experience, global interaction among individuals who like to develop the essential skills and competency in speaking; discuss issues, when you live in an English speaking country, use the language like the way native English speakers do. The program simulates a virtual interaction among globally based individuals by learning together through Skype or Yahoo Messenger. 

The Goals: Its purpose is to achieve a certain level of proficiency that articulates ideas, concerns, descriptions, perspectives, opinions, comprehension and emotions without fear and hesitation.

Topic Scope: Each scheduled session will have a conversational linguistic theme and topic focus. This will be provided by the Coach who will host and moderate the activity. Attendees will be provided with the topic scope so they will be ready and can participate actively. 

Requirements:
1. Must have an Account of either Skype or Yahoo Messenger
2. Pre-Registration required
3. Attendance is limited to 4 individuals per scheduled session
4. Others will be given a separate schedule when specific schedule is full

Who can Attend: Any individual who would like to increase their proficiency in speaking English and gain conversational skills without boundary.

Must have an account in either Yahoo Messenger or Skype.
Note: Sessions on either account are independent with each other, we do not mix them together for ease of technology and participant's location.

A.1 Via Yahoo Messenger:

A.2 Via Skype:

For inquiries: please call +1 650 241-3207 and to register please email to: Registration for Learning

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We like to hear from you or from your friends who may be interested to participate in any of the programs that we conduct.

Relative Reference Links:
1. Program - Conversational English
2. Workshop - Conversational English
3. Business English in Conversations
4. Fluency in Speaking
5. Do I Need to speak English Well?

Articulating Ideas Can Be Developed with the Help of Your Coach

Fluency in speaking creates an engaging conversations thus result to meaningful communication wether in a personal or business setting. You share great ideas, information, showing rapport and connection to your listener, audience, colleagues, customers, co-workers, subordinates, superiors, family and friends.

Normally, engaging conversation begins with small talk like day-to-day routine and then evolve into discussions about bigger issues, topics or phenomena, like storms, hurricane, earthquake, unusual performances of great singers, sometimes politics, activities, hobbies or responsibilities at work.

Conversational proficiency and fluency in maneuvering your ideas are important. Many individuals who are conversationalist learned many techniques in listening actively, critical thinking, persuasive and affective terminologies, articulating impressive comments, clear sounds and enunciation, brief thoughts, nuggets of wisdom, and useful handy expressions appropriate to the setting; have gained big successes in their lives, you too can do the same. Even today, those who can speak with fluency and can discuss topics with competence get better opportunities and respect as an individual.

Evidence of Low Proficiency and Competency:
Inability to express your thoughts and ideas is a factual evidence. After years of learning experiences in various learning environments did not get you at a higher level of conversational proficiency, two things have contributed to that fact. One, you were in a wrong environment and you did not put dedication in learning. Can you correct these facts today? Yes, you can. And you can begin at any time. How? Get a Linguistics Coach!

Advantages of having a Coach:

When you work with a Coach who possess numerous experiences and acumen in business, leadership, conversational language teaching and linguistics teaching, you will gain exceptional proficiency at the shortest amount of time. The progress of your efforts will be significantly higher because your Coach will examine difficulties, piece by piece and then gives you usable techniques to overcome those areas with great improvement. 

Five Major Roles of Your Coach in Language, Communication and Business:
1	Identify opportunities in advancing current difficulties and reinforce strengths
2	Give strategic guidance and mentoring to achieve higher level of competency with results
3	Clarifies identified difficulties, engage learning partnership and evaluate achievement
4	Advocate learning accountability, progress, and follow through to affect results
5	Supply interactive meaningful learning experiences and accomplishments derived from holistic-based approaches and whole language frameworks

Understanding Your Coach in Linguistics, Business, Communication and Leadership:

Your Coach focuses on developing your competency in living that will relate to life's decisions and ideas, personal or business goals, results creation, leading others, evolving changes and advancement. The main core goal is to accelerate the acquisition of personal competencies that will allow better communication whether verbal, written or body language cues, articulating your ideas in any setting, personal and professional use of the language, cultural implications and deeper understanding about the role of language in any setting. 

When you know what to say, what to say next, and you can handle the next steps of conversations with clarity and fluency, then you can say you are successful in your learning.  Appropriate use of methodologies and activities are important to succeed in speaking fluently and have meaningful conversations. That competency will serve you life with more opportunities in both personal or business.

To change the course of your current status and when you like to become a better conversationalist, gain more opportunities and can advance from where you are, make a personal initiative. Ideas N Conversations Coach can help you.  Call us at: +1 (650) 241-3207 or email us to: info@ideasnconversations.com

To Avoid being auto-deleted:

When you email us with your inquiries, please avoid going to a 'Spam box and be auto-deleted'. We suggest that please provide the following information, then our Coach will give you a call or reply to your inquiry.

1. Name:

2. Telephone:

3. Email Address:

4. Zip Code

We like to hear from you or from your friends who may be interested to participate in any of the classes that we conduct.