Communication skills

EFL 3. Writing a LinkedIn headline that stands out

After seeing your photo and name, viewers will see your headline. As of 2021 [2], the headline allows a maximum of 220 characters, and it should be an eye-catching billboard that briefly describes you, what you do and perhaps how you are passionate about it.   This is your chance to make a first impression with […]

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EFL 3.Writing to build a LinkedIn profile that (net)works!

Now that we have thought about your LinkedIn purpose in the previous article, it is time to build your network. We can divide LinkedIn users into 2 main categories. Either you want to expand your professional network for your job or company (sales and promotion), or you are looking for a job.    Sales and promotion

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EFL 1. 3 Pro tips for effective LinkedIn writing for non-native English speakers

3 tips for social media writing for non-native speakers, English as a Foreign Language, EFL

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Insights into the usefulness of machine grammar/spell checkers for improving research writing

A comparison analysis of Human copy editor vs machine grammar/spell checker on key sections of a research manuscript. Many errors in the original non-native English speaker’s writing were not found by Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Ginger, Grammarly, and Trinka. Longer and difficult to read sentences were not identified by the machine language checkers.

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Political miscommunication … or How to turn a lily into a death threat

In Act-II, Scene-II of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet famously says “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By Any Other Name would smell as sweet.”  She is of course referring to family names being unimportant. The Capulets are sworn enemies of the Montagues, but she is saying that her name “Capulet”

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Why LinkedIn has so few Non Native English Speaker contributors and what can de done about it

Where are the Non Native Speakers? LinkedIn, the Facebook for professionals around the world, is an essential tool for people in international business, and increasingly for the business of academic research, too. However, even for a country that became one of Asia’s Tiger economies built on international trade, Taiwan’s number of LinkedIn accounts is very

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Communicating Passion in the economy of attention: The artistic techno-science of Youtuber communication skills

Mega-star Youtubers of all niches have millions of loyal fans. Gamer and internet meme commentator Pewdiepie has 108 million subscribers, viral challenge master Mr. Beast has 60.2 million, fun loving sports and comedy bros Dude Perfect have 55.8 million, sexy Youtube video commentator SSSniperwolf has 26.9 million, internet personality and scandal-monger Logan Paul has 22.9

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The evolution and future of EFFECTIVE online learning: v1.0 to v4.0

Covid-19 has resulted in mass layoffs and more time for huge numbers of people. Many have therefore turned to the internet to upskill or even completely reskill by taking informal and more formal online courses. These courses may be MOOCs or paid pre-recorded video courses with or without certificates. In Covid-stricken 2020, Coursera alone increased

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A dynamic model of ELF communicative competence

If the evolutionary purpose of language is social, then language cannot be reduced to words and grammar rules. Language is not the end but a means to an end. And that end is communication, which refers to not only the knowledge and skills in language use but also of the context and its participants. In

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