Monday, May 20, 2013

Advice on Job Interviews

A job interview is usually seen as a hard, even traumatic experience, but mastering the art of the job interview isn't as hard as you might think.

In this video, oration and career experts share some advece for job interviews. The lessons given aren't your "run-of-the-mill" interview suggestions; these tips focuses on both verbal and non-verbal communication techniques to achieve your dream job.

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Concessive clauses


Concessive clauses -also known as clauses of contrast- are subordinate clauses that are used to express the opposite of the main clause. The main connectors expressing this meaning are:

- Although
- Even though
- Despite
- In spite of

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Reported Speech

There are two ways of reproducing people's words: direct speech and indirect (or reported) speech.

- When we use direct speech, we reproduce the exact words that somebody previously said.

- When we use indirect speech, we change the perspective trying to keep the basic meaning.  There are some changes that need to be done.  For further information about indirect (reported speech), Click here.


Do these activities to practise with reported speech.  Click here