Daily Business English Tip

Is the Swine Flue a Swindle? Is the vaccine shot a problem? Russian Dr. Rauni L. L.Kilde talks about it!

Dearest students,

There is always the other side of the story.

So, I invite you all to first watch the interview of 6 minutes with Dr. Kilde and then to start posting your opinion on the matter.

The other video link is to deepen your knowledge on this Russian doctor on a variety of topics.


Dr. Rauni Kelde's interview on the Swine Flue (6')

Dr. Rani Kilde's view on Mind Control, UFO and Swine Flue ( 36 ')

Scary, really scary! Or not??

Hope to see you here, guys. Let's have fun with writing in English!

Best wishes,

Flávia

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO....

Dearest students,

Here comes one more Oscar Ceremony - March 7th, 2010.

Are you a movie buff? Yes. Or, no, but likes to go to the movies. Well, anyway, this is your chance to take part in this activity.

In case you've already seen one or more movies - let's participate the following 02 weeks, by either writing a thorough movie review (cast, direction, visual effects, audio, screenplay, etc.) on 01 or more films you've seen, or posting your comments on the probable 2010 Oscar winners.

Here is the Academy Awards site links so that you can watch the film trailers :
http://oscar.go.com/video?cid=10_oscars_slideshow_Video , and

http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees?cid=10_oscars_landingCallout_nominations to see the list of nominations.

We can even start betting on which film will get the awards on the following categories. What do you think?:

Best Picture
Actor in a Leading Role and Supporting Role
Actress in a Leading and Supporting Roles
Animated Feature Film
Art Direction
Cinematography
Costume Design
Direction
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short
Film Editing
Foreign Language Film
Makeup
Music (original score)
Music (original song)
Short Film (animated)
Short Film (live action)
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects
Writing (adapted screenplay)
Writing (original screenplay)

Hope you'll like to participate.

See ya here.

Regards,

Flávia

New Year...Job Resolutions...What are the best and worst jobs in the USA for 2010? Consider changing your carrer?

Dear students,

As the New Year starts, it's time to think our careers over. Have you been thinking of yours?

Let's start 2010 by reflecting on the job market. Well...

I invite you to watch a video (click on the link below), in which a CNN journalist brings The Best and Worst Jobs for 2010 in the USA. After that, you can read Bureau of Labor Statistics article, extracted from the LINKEDIN Community English Language Services Professionals.

Hope you enjoy this 1st 2010 Blog activity and hope to see your comments on either or both material proposed.

Have a great year, you all, and with English all the way!!

Flávia

1) CNN Video: Best and Worst Jobs for 2010 :

http://www.cnn.com/video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_freevideo+%28RSS%3A+Video%29#/video/business/2010/01/06/barnett.best.worst.jobs.cnn

2) Article of January 5th, 2010 by Tatiana Varenik (Resumark Blog):

Considering Changing Your Career? Be Aware Of 20 Occupations With The Fastest Growth And 20 Occupations With The Fastest Decline.

In today’s economy many companies are forced to lay off employees in order to maintain profitability. Whether you suddenly find yourself unemployed, or you are no longer satisfied with your current job, a change in your career path may be just what you need to make a fresh start. It is a difficult decision which takes time and money. That is why when thinking about making a career change, it is important to consider career skills, job satisfaction, salary and some other points. It is also important to make sure the career you choose will be in demand a few years from now.The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its 2008-18 employment projections where presented twenty occupations with the fastest growth and twenty occupations with the fastest decline.

Twenty occupations with the fastest growth:

Biomedical engineers
Network systems and data communications analysts
Home health aides
Personal and home care aides
Financial examiners
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
Physician assistants
Skin care specialists
Postsecondary vocational award
Biochemists and biophysicists
Athletic trainers
Physical therapist aides
Dental hygienists
Dental assistants
Computer software engineers, applications
Medical assistants
Physical therapist assistants
Veterinarians
Self-enrichment education teachers
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation.

As you can see, half are related to healthcare. Healthcare is experiencing rapid growth, due in large part to the aging of the baby-boom generation, which will require more medical care.Network systems and data communications analysts are projected to be the second fastest growing occupation in the economy. Demand for these workers will increase as organizations continue to upgrade their information technology capacity and incorporate the newest technologies.

Twenty occupations with the fastest decline:

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders
Shoe machine operators and tenders
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
Sewing machine operators
Semiconductor processors
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
Postal Service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
Fabric menders, except garment
Wellhead pumpers
Fabric and apparel patternmakers
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Order clerks
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
Photographic processing machine operators
File clerks
Derrick operators, oil and gas
Desktop publishers

Fifteen of the twenty occupations with the fastest decline are either production occupations or office and administrative support occupations, both of which are adversely affected by increasing plant and factory automation or the implementation of office technology, reducing the need for workers in those occupations. For example, the duties of administrative assistants involve a great deal of personal interaction that cannot be automated, whereas the duties of file clerks adding, locating, and removing business records can be automated or performed by other workers.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Hey, everyone!

This is the group that could attend the Happy Hour last Tuesday (Nov.24th) at Rascal...

For those who came, hope you enjoyed this opportunity to meet new people and exchange some ideas on a number of issues. For those who couldn't attend, hope you can participate some other time.

As Thanksgiving was yesterday (Nov.26th) , I really wanna thank the greatest opportunity to have you guys as my students this year. I really enjoyed teaching you all for the pleasure of learning new viewpoints, different business and areas of interest.

Hope in 2010 your English skills can go beyond your expectations and propel you to new heights!!

All my best wishes of Love, Peace, Health, Happiness and Great Achievements in the New Year.

Flávia

HOHOHO!! CHRISTMAS is approaching and so is our HAPPY HOUR!!

Hello, dear students.

And so this is CHRISTMAS...and so this is HAPPY HOUR TIME!!


Let's meet our virtual friends.

Look at the slideshow on the left and you will see some of my students (hope some others can join this Gallery). In class, I'm going to say who is who, ok?

But here is what it is:

We are planning our Happy Hour either on TUESDAY, Nov. 24th or WEDNESDAY, the 25th, from 7:30 on...

The place some students suggested is the RASCAL RESTAURANT, on the corner of Santos and Eugênio de Lima Sts, to eat some pizza and exchange lots of opinions on a diverse range of topics...and everything in English, of course!!


Hope you really want to be in this nice gathering and meet interesting people.


Please let me know thru the blog your chosen day and/or place, as soon as possible.


Have a nice time, you all!!


Flávia

Let's correct what's wrong in the following sentences?

Hello, everyone!

Let's challenge your mind and correct the following English sentences extracted from the book COMO NÃO APRENDER INGLÊS by Michael Jacobs.

Choose 01, 02 or all of the sentences to correct. Up to you! Share your ideas with your virtual friends!

Hope to see your participation on the blog. Give it a try!

Have fun with English!

See ya around.

Flávia

1) My suggestion is you do a freeze on personnel. (Note: the meaning is that you don't want to hire anyone else).

2) She has to have a surgery (Note: there are 04 possible ways to say it better).

3) He thinks he goes to the shopping.

4) Many times I saw that film.

5) The notices are not good (Note the word notice)

6) Did you remember that a meeting budget went 6 months ago?