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What Not to Say to a Foreigner

Unfortunately, in an attempt at humor, some native speakers occasionally get in these people’s way. For example ... bothers them.’ Talk about hitting the foreign-speaker nail on the head. I’ve written before in this blog...

How to Break My Language Barrier

...make themselves understood? Growing up an English speaker in the US and having lived in southern Norway for ... think of is that daily conversation among native speakers goes a lot faster than it does in any textbook...

Termination of employment: The dialogue meeting

In this webinar we will focus on the rules regarding the consolidation meeting, also known ... how to act in the meeting and possible outcome. Speaker is, Frode Steindebakken Rognsaa. He is an experienced...

Article Aktuelt Dec. 3 2020 Streaming

Business Emails: Using a Format to Clear Up Your Writing Style

(While this problem happens to native English speakers, it happens extra often to people who have English ... especially when both writer and receiver are not native speakers. So if this is you, you’re certainly not alone...

Being a union representative is very exciting

Francis Suson Cagatin never planned to become a union representative, but he has never regretted ... of the local members are non-native Norwegian speakers. Although he is originally from the Philippines...

First Impressions and Foreigners: Which Language Should You Speak?

As often happens when I’m running a course, what’s said by participants is much more interesting ... sensitive. The outcome? Seeming consensus that native speakers should always initially speak to everyone, no...

Quick Tips for Teleconferencing

Is English your second language? Do you have a job that’s gone remote? Does that mean you ... teaching business English courses to second language speakers, that’s the one challenge my students have told...

Multicultural Meetings: Do you speak up?

...decided that the polite participant/less skilled speaker just had to accept that they would have to take ... phrase can be difficult for some second-language speakers – because, as they say, they’re not really sorry...

But It’s Not My Fault: Business E-Mail Etiquette When Your Sender Can’t Write Right

...own personal experience of having been a foreign speaker of Norwegian for many, many years while living ... living in the country and having to speak with native speakers whose own style of communicating hasn’t always...

The Unspoken Yet Real Reason You Didn’t Get Called For That Job Interview

...situation is not limited to first-language English speakers; on the contrary, you can find glaring spelling ... spelling and grammar mistakes in many a ‘native speaker’s’ writing. One need go no farther than reading Comments...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Playing the Sympathy Card

...a) the country and b) a foreign language? Native speakers want the whole truth The extra interesting ... It’s because at the time I as a foreigner/foreign speaker felt just a few notches lower on the social ranking...

Be your best: Interview tips for second-language Zoomers

Are you a second language English speaker who’s got a Zoom interview coming up? Working in Norway Here’s ... starts, try and concentrate on what the first speaker is saying. You’ll most likely hear a description...

Photonics enabled by Artificial intelligence, or vice versa?

Photonics is one of the cross-cutting enabling technologies, especially suitable for combining ... sectors. Each speaker has around 10-12 minutes for the presentation. Among the speakers: Prof Balpreet...

Article IKT-bloggen Dec. 10 2021 Streaming

Gamification: Why Is Behavioral Change Difficult?

The stream will be available as a recording shortly after the broadcast. Gaute Godager Creative ... Gaute is also a truly engaging and knowledgeable speaker. Ledelsesbloggen Gamification has proven to be...

Article Ledelsesbloggen Nov. 4 2020 Streaming

A Few Thoughts on a Foreigner’s Comfort Zone

...sat in the audience listening to a professional speaker give a short motivational talk on among other things ... sat in the audience listening to a professional speaker give a short motivational talk on among other things...

Integration at Work: Simply the Best?

If you’ve lived in Norway for awhile, you’ll be familiar with the funny ad campaigns run ... shall we call it? – economy of expression by native speakers. Actually, they were talking about a situation...

Your job search: How to show how smart you are?

Do you need to show other people that you’re smart? It’s okay if you do (we all do). Especially ... Who’s made an impact on you? Think of the writers, speakers, business people, etc. who’ve made the most impact...

Less is More: Business E-Mail Insecurity Issues

A surprisingly large crowd showed up at my evening course last week on how to write correct ... improve my teaching with regard to helping foreign speakers of English write e-mails that they can send off...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Our Need for Post-Interview Answers

Even though it took place a good many years ago, I still remember my first interview in Norway. ... Norway. Any moral here? Well, several – foreign speakers at an interview: don’t be so nervous that your...

Living Abroad and Leaving Your Own Behind (in Your New Country)

It’s interesting to observe how, when living in a foreign country, certain foreigners behave ... was new to the country, I encountered English speakers who, when I met them, showed themselves unwilling...

Networking Nerves 2: Another Tip Included

About a month ago I gave a piece of advice regarding how to start a conversation when out on ... way every winter. It’s a day-long affair with speakers ranging from creative thinkers to top industrial...

By the numbers: Use metrics to improve your CV

Do you mean the metric system? Working in Norway When English is your second language, it can ... thrown your way. And if you’re a second-language speaker looking for work, there are so many “buzz words”...

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Why You Should Say ‘Sorry’ at Work

When said with sincerity, this five-letter word can solve more than a few sticky workplace ... ‘strong verb’ that is only in situations when the speaker is asking someone else for forgiveness. Heavy stuff...

When Just Being Nice Won’t Cut It: Why You Need Interview Adjectives/Examples

Does anybody actually enjoy being interviewed? Sitting in the hot seat being grilled and judged ... answered. This is especially true for the foreign speaker of English, as if unprepared for their interview...