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Polite or honest?

"You use the word vielleicht (perhaps) too much," was the feedback I got this week from a German colleague after I ran a workshop for our team. This made me think.

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Can I use the phone? May I use your phone? Do you mind if I open the window?... As you go down the lists of requests they become more and more wimpish. But why do we use such wimpish requests — and why is it important that learner of English know how to use them correctly?

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Skills: Talking about rules

How do you prevent visitors from breaking company rules without being unfriendly? Communications skills expert Ken Taylor has some useful phrases for you in this week's podcast.

More and more difficult

Does your team get along? Or are you finding it more and more difficult to work together? Maybe you should think more carefully about what you want to say, before you say it.

Skills: On board a plane

Travelling by plane can be quite stressful, especially if you don't know how to ask for help. Here's our communication skills expert Ken Taylor, with expressions you can use during a flight.

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