Posted By Webmaster on December 17, 2011

A New Year wish: Further advances with English language communication:-

The current year is now nearly at an end and it is an appropriate time to reflect on one’s personal development over the past 12 months – what one has successfully achieved and any areas where further application is still desirable. I earnestly hope that improved English communication skills are high on your list of achievements!

English Click wish all of our clients & friends a Merry Christmas and a safe, prosperous 2012 (2555) and look forward to helping you further your English language communication skills.

Whether or not you have made advances in English language communication during 2011, we at English Click would like to stress that the acquisition of second language proficiency is a continuing process and not just a short term exercise.

We wish to be at your service by playing an important role in enhancing your or your staff’s personal development next year, by providing you with effective English instruction and training over the coming months.

At English Click we offer a large range of courses to suit your particular needs, including English language communication tuition for young learners that can include math’s and science, IELTS preparation, professional and industry specific English language communication training, as well as English language communication tuition in general and business conversation and writing.

At English Click our qualified and experienced teachers strive hard ensure that all English language communication tuition classes achieve measurable progress among the students and are also an enjoyable experience for them.

A fundamental purpose of English Click is to help Thai people develop their English language communication skills so that they can lead a fully satisfying and rewarding life, both in the Asean community and the international world of the 21st-century.

To all our readers of Talking Point, and to past, present and future clients and students of English Click, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous New Year.

English language vocabulary
appropriate (adjective): fitting

reflect on (verb + preposition): think about

application (noun): work on

earnestly (adverb): sincerely

acquisition (noun): gain

role (noun): part

enhancing (verb – present participle): improving

strive (verb): work

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Posted By Webmaster on October 3, 2011

Effective English skills necessary for Thailand’s business economy to compete:-

In a recent newspaper article Dr. Aat Pisanwanich, Director of the International Trade Studies Centre of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, propounds that Thailand’s business economy needs to make major improvements in communication skills and learning the ways that businesses operate in other countries if they want to remain competitive in the increasingly integrated ASEAN market:

For Thailand’s business economy to compete it needs to improve its English skills before the Asean Economic Community comes into effect in 2015

“We (Thailand) have to improve a lot, especially in language for communication, and must learn more about each other in ASEAN.”

Dr. Aat points out that other ASEAN countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam are becoming more serious competitors in a scenario that includes the full economic and labour liberalisation under the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015. He also quotes rice, rubber, sugar, automotive, electrical appliances and electronics as strong export growth sectors for Thailand.

On the subject of communication, effective English skills are necessary with English the common language for international trade, with English skills proficiency needing to be raised across all levels of the workplace if Thailand is to keep up with the economic growth achieved by other developed countries in South East Asia. To address this requirement, English Click can provide the appropriate training to enhance management and workers English skills in particular industry sectors.

English language vocabulary

propounds (verb): puts forward for consideration

integrated (adjective): combined to make a whole

scenario (noun): situation

address (verb): deal with

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Posted By Webmaster on September 14, 2010

English language writing – an essential skill for business people

A frequent discussion I have with my colleagues is how best we can help our students improve their English language writing skills.

Organizations produce an endless amount of written documents. Those who need to communicate internationally must be able to write business English effectively

We can not escape the reality that organizations, either in the government sector or private commercial field, produce an almost endless amount of written correspondence, documents and records. For Thai organizations that need to communicate internationally, it is essential that their managers and staff can write business English in an accurate and understandable form.

The main types of writing that are undertaken in these concerns consist of:

•    e-mails and letters

•    memorandums and notices

•    reports

•    research documents

•    minutes of meetings

•    promotional literature and website pages.

There are also some specialized forms of English language writing within specific business sectors, for example contracts and agreements in the legal profession, news stories and articles in the newspaper and magazine industry and copywriting in the advertising field.

To achieve successful English language writing output, the following key areas need to be understood and used:

•    accurate grammar

•    correct syntax (word order and grammar combined)

•    appropriate vocabulary and collocations (words that normally go together)

•    correct spelling and punctuation

•    logical sentence and paragraph structure

•    clarity of expression.

English Click provides Business English Writing courses, English language writing course for adults, and English Language Training Courses for Executives and Accompanying People conducted by experienced native English-speaking teachers that focus your particular requirements.

English language vocabulary

escape (verb): get away from
essential (adjective): absolutely necessary
concerns (noun): organizations
endless (adjective) having or seeming to have no end or limit
memorandums (noun): items of information and messages
literature (noun): piece of writing
output (noun): produce
focus (verb) pay particular attention to

For a free, no obligation information pack on our Business English Writing courses, English language writing course for adults, and English Language Training Courses for Executives and Accompanying People – click HERE.

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Posted By Webmaster on September 3, 2010

Kasetsart University teams up with English Click for general English communications

The importance of general English communications skills in the workplace will be emphasized at a seminar/ workshop being conducted by English Click in conjunction with Kasetsart University on September 7.

The two and a half hour session is a realistic and positive initiative by the University’s teaching staff and recognizes that their students, once they enter the workforce after graduating, will advance further and faster in their chosen career if they possess high level English language skills.

The seminar will highlight a number of general situations and requirements that occur in all working organizations, whether they are in the government sector or in the private commercial field.

Clearly there is a host of particular vocabulary and expression sets applying to each individual work pursuit and the students at Kasetsart University will need to follow up with further specialized study to acquire the English language jargon of their own chosen profession.

The seminar is based on a special 24-page booklet divided into six modules and contains a number of activities that enable the students to practice their English skills.

Our general English communications skills workshop/ seminar modules comprise:

1. General introduction to English language
DVD illustrating English dialogue in the workplace.

2. Telephoning
Audio examples of x dialogues.
Activity – students practise a conversation in pairs.

3. Looking after visitors
Meeting, welcoming and looking after a visitor – offering refreshments.
Activity – students role play this scenario in pairs.

4. Writing
English language writing used in the workplace: e-mails and letters, reports and research documents, minutes of meetings.
Activity – students to complete a short writing exercise.

5. Presentations
Common English language used in presentations and basic rules for giving an effective presentation.

6. English language social communications in the workplace
Audio example of a work related English language social communications dialogue.
Activity – students hold a social conversation, e.g. at a conference, in groups.

The evening promises to be informative and rewarding, and we will post photographs of the seminar in a future Talking Point update next week.

English Click can provide fully tailored general English communications skills courses on each of the modules included in the seminar for companies or other education facilities wishing to duplicate the progressive approach taken by Kasetsart University on request.

English language vocabulary

initiative (noun): new and imaginative piece of action
graduating (gerund): obtaining a degree
career (noun): the course over time of a person’s job or profession
occur (verb): happen
host (noun): very large number
pursuit (noun): following, search
jargon (noun): specialised language used in a particular profession
modules (noun): sections

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