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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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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If you want to write on professional social media platforms, you need to be clear what your purpose is and who you are on the platform. Not sure what this is? That’s ok because in this article, I will show you how to do this. The first step is to become familiar with others on
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3 tips for social media writing for non-native speakers, English as a Foreign Language, EFL
EFL 1. 3 Pro tips for effective LinkedIn writing for non-native English speakers Read More »
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
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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Who owns English? Whose standards? English is the most commonly spoken international language at over 1.1 billion speakers. It has been estimated that of all the English speakers of the world, non-native speakers (NNS) outnumber native speakers (NS) by more than 4 to 1. This means that English is being used more by NNS than
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