Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Cover letter writing strategy

Now I'm going to systematize information about cover letter writing.
Action plan:
- analyse job requirements;
- clarify all key demands;
- find synonyms for each key's demand
- analyse whether  your skills suite to all demands, or at least to major part
- describe your skills using synonyms from step above

Letter structure
para1 Introduction.
Put down a purpose of your writing. Introduce yourself in terms of professional sphere. Tell a little about your experience.
para 2. Body. Skill description
Use description of your skills from the last step of action plan.
para 3. Conclusion. -- not finished yet

Thursday, 7 October 2010

7 Tips to Make Meetings More Interesting


7 Tips to Make Meetings More Interesting

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7 Tips to Make Meetings More Interesting
Jeff Hindenach | Inside Tech
Meetings can be deadly, especially if they feel unproductive. Listening to your boss drone on and on about things that don’t affect you just isn’t a smart use of your time. So how can you make your boring meetings more productive?
Research shows that increasing activity and creativity in meetings helps increase brain activity and alertness. Everyone’s happier when you make your employees and coworkers feel engaged and important to the meeting. Need help figuring out how? Follow these seven tips to make your meetings more interesting and successful.

Sunday, 25 July 2010

expressions

  • in the south
  • fanned by strong win
Voc
deliberately  - done in a way that was planned, not by chance / slowly and carefully

Monday, 7 June 2010

Conditionals type 3

If ... had V3 (past perfect) ..., ... would have V3... / ...Would have V3 if ... had V3 (past perfect)
If ... hadn't V3 (past perfect) ..., ... wouldn't have V3 ... / ... Wouldn't have V3 if... had V3 (past perfect)

Thursday, 3 June 2010

English Idioms


Idioms with foot (engvid.com)

cold feet - hesitate about your decision on the edge on the event (getting married)
to get your foot in the door - make an opportunity to do something/ to get inside
to put your foot in your mouth - confusing situation where you should apologize for
shoe's on the other foot - now you're filing what I'm filing. change places in bad situation.

English dictations and listening

There were three dictations had done. (http://www.fonetiks.org/dictations/)
Elementary 2,7,10
2. - done
7. - ... date of expiry ...
10. - ... not very tall and a bit plump..., ... blond hair ..., ... blue eyes ...

There was one listening test had done (http://www.esl-lab.com)
easy phone  messages man 00:34
Answering Machine
Score 80%