My workshop on British English was great fun.
Singlish
1 I started with Singlish.
When you are running late what do you say?
Singlish: Reached.
British English: I am nearly there. I'll be with you shortly.
More Singlish to add next time.:
Singlish: 50 over people.
British English: More than 50 people.
The most successful part was the exercise when everybody in pairs invented and rehearsed a conversation between a telephone operator and a caller.
President Maria and her partner Marcus performed a scenario in which Marcus was dialling a wrong number.
The President, Maria, gave an enthusiastic thank you speech. She said the session was helpful to her because her job includes cold calling.
She described an incident in a Chinese market where she asked for two bananas. The seller kept nodding, "Banana, one?"
She kept replying, 'No, banana two - two bananas?'
It turns out that one or wun, is like uh-huh in English, or la in Singlish, just an interjection to finish a sentence.
We ended by asking for feedback. I was asked to do more written business English in my next workshop. The audience members asked for:
1 CV writing.
2 Covering letters.
3 Emails.
I have two companies interested in hiring me to teach correct English to their staff.
Here is a picture from the old days with a speech ribbon.
I am now ALB (Advanced Leader Bronze) and ACG (Advanced Communicator Gold - which means at least 40 speeches completed, following the old manuals which will soon be phased out and replaced by Pathways which is internet based.
I did teach EFL at intermediate level in three Singapore schools. The coursework was easy to prepare. I just took a chapter from the set book for the first two hours of the day.
The last hour I had to devise an amusing exercise involving audience participation.
Author
Angela Lansbury B A Hons.
Singlish
1 I started with Singlish.
When you are running late what do you say?
Singlish: Reached.
British English: I am nearly there. I'll be with you shortly.
More Singlish to add next time.:
Singlish: 50 over people.
British English: More than 50 people.
The most successful part was the exercise when everybody in pairs invented and rehearsed a conversation between a telephone operator and a caller.
President Maria and her partner Marcus performed a scenario in which Marcus was dialling a wrong number.
The President, Maria, gave an enthusiastic thank you speech. She said the session was helpful to her because her job includes cold calling.
She described an incident in a Chinese market where she asked for two bananas. The seller kept nodding, "Banana, one?"
She kept replying, 'No, banana two - two bananas?'
It turns out that one or wun, is like uh-huh in English, or la in Singlish, just an interjection to finish a sentence.
We ended by asking for feedback. I was asked to do more written business English in my next workshop. The audience members asked for:
1 CV writing.
2 Covering letters.
3 Emails.
I have two companies interested in hiring me to teach correct English to their staff.
Here is a picture from the old days with a speech ribbon.
I am now ALB (Advanced Leader Bronze) and ACG (Advanced Communicator Gold - which means at least 40 speeches completed, following the old manuals which will soon be phased out and replaced by Pathways which is internet based.
I did teach EFL at intermediate level in three Singapore schools. The coursework was easy to prepare. I just took a chapter from the set book for the first two hours of the day.
The last hour I had to devise an amusing exercise involving audience participation.
Author
Angela Lansbury B A Hons.
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