Outsourcing To Podunk: Keeping Jobs Within The Borders If you have called a company's customer service call center or a computer manufacturer's tech support department lately, you probably have had the 'joy' of experiencing outsourcing for yourself. The inefficiency of non-native English speakers as tech support personnel is astounding; however, corporate management across the US feel the money saved in salaries by sending jobs to southeast Asia outweKeywords:
Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC, Japanese Pronunciation Vs. Katakana As a native English speaker hearing non-natives (especially Asians) trying to speak the English language I sometimes canft help but chuckle, or cry, over the way they slaughter the words. As I presently reside in Japan and understand the Japanese writing system I have come to understand, in one word, why they tear apart the English language... Katakana!Keywords:
Scott Brady, japanese, katakana, english, writting, language, pronunciation, Japanese Pronunciation A No Fail Plan for Understanding a Nonnative English Speaker Speaking with a foreign accent may mean that you are difficult to understand. There are a number of reasons why a non-native English speaker is difficult to understand. Knowing the reasons behind this difficulty may provide understanding. Learn the reasons and how to respond when you just can't understand the speaker.Keywords:
Lynda Stucky, foreign accent, accent problems, intonation, stress, listening, modifying an accent, hard to understand speaker, non-native english speaker, solutions to understanding, listening to non-native english speakers, Do You Fumble on This Important Skill? Americans use idioms and expressions on a daily basis in nearly every conversation. It comes natural to us and we don't even think twice about using them. If you're a native English speaker from the U.S., you probably understand most of these figures of speech. . But for most people from another country, these expressions can be very confusing. Here are some helpful hints for both native and non-native English speakers.Keywords:
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