If you work in an international environment, you need some tips and ideas on communicating effectively in English - in meetings, in presentations or just at the coffee machine . Have a look at some of my publications here and sign up to be on the list. You'll get an email with useful tips a few times a month!
Speaking in front of an audience in English
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Hi Reader, ​ How do you feel when you are speaking in front of an audience in English? Whether you're answering a question in a meeting, or you're making a presentation to a room full of people, it can be really stressful! ​ (Even in your own language it can be stressful, right? And it's even worse in a foreign language...😰) ​ 👉 You worry that the audience is judging your mistakes or can't understand your accent. ​ (I would just like to tell you that most people listening to you are NOT judging your mistakes: native speakers are thinking, "Wow, I wish I could speak French as well as that person speaks English", and the non-native speakers are thinking about their own mistakes!) ​ ​I have a whole playlist of videos here , to give you some tips for when you're speaking to an audience. There are some tips on pronunciation and some on how to speak so that no one notices your mistakes. ​ Let me know if you find them useful! Best regards, Catherine ​ PS. I will be running an "Optimiser vos prises de parole" on 18th and 25th April in Grasse. I would love to see you there: you can sign up with your CPF. Book a call with me here to have a chat about it. ​ |
Hi! I'm Catherine, the founder of A Star Formation
If you work in an international environment, you need some tips and ideas on communicating effectively in English - in meetings, in presentations or just at the coffee machine . Have a look at some of my publications here and sign up to be on the list. You'll get an email with useful tips a few times a month!
Hi Reader, I hope you're having a great summer! It's very hot down in the South of France now, and I'm looking forward to going north this weekend to watch the Olympics in Paris 😎 A lot of people tell me that they have forgotten when to use the different tenses in English: you learn them at school, you are expected to use all the different tenses correctly for your BAC, and then when you start speaking English at work, you always have a doubt that you're making mistakes. Does this sound like...
Hi Reader, Are there some words in English you just can't pronounce? (For me in French it's the word "grenouille" - I have decided to never use it and I only see "crapauds"). "Clothes" and "months" are extremely difficult to pronounce for non-native speakers, because you have the combination of "th", which is already terrible, plus another consonant. I explain in this video how to make pronouncing these two words easier. You also need to know that it doesn't matter if you don't pronounce "th"...
Hi Reader, We do a full needs analysis at the beginning of every training programme, and the comment we hear the most is: "I'm not sure about which tense to use when." Most of you learnt a lot of different English tenses at school, and now you feel a bit confused, right? 😰 There are 12 different tenses in English, but most people (yes, even native English-speakers) rarely use most of them. But which ones are most common and how do you use them correctly? I've created a new course, in which...