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Telephone vocabulary

For many second language learners, the ring of the telephone is a reason to hide. Aids to face-to-face conversation such as gestures, facial expressions, and situational contexts are missing from conversations on the phone. Meaning must be transmitted by words alone through a medium which distorts sound. Over the phone, second language learners must not only decipher sound patterns but they must also recognize contexts and levels of formality.

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Canadian scholarships and studying in Canada

Why study in Canada?

A number of Canadian universities are frequently included in rankings of the best institutions in the world. There are over 190 university and degree-granting institutions in Canada. Of these, 45 offer mostly undergraduate, 15 are comprehensive universities and 15 are medical/doctoral universities.

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Business vocabulary: Definition of cost-benefit analysis

Definition: Cost-benefit analysis is a method of reaching economic decisions by comparing the costs of an option with its benefits.

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Leadership Words: Strategy

According to William A. Cohen, there are 10 keys to strategic success. He reviewed the writings of many master strategists from around the world and came up with a list of universal concepts that will help in understanding and having a strategy.

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Tricky word pairs

Choose from tricky word pairs.

Read each sentence below and complete it by choosing the best word from the pair in parentheses.

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Business Vocabulary: Definition of niche market

Definition: A niche market is a group of potential customers who share characteristics that make them receptive to a particular product or service.

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Business Vocabulary: Definition of Business cycle

Definition: A business cycle is a regular cycle of boom (expansion) and bust (decline) as whole economies and the business in them move in a generally upward direction.

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Grammar glossary

GrammarA glossary of grammar terms with some examples.

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Vocabulary exercise - Sports, planets, library

An article on sports, planets and library vocabulary. Write a word for each sentence. Use your dictionary.

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Recipe words: Banana bread

This article contains a banana bread recipe.

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Vocabulary exercise - Music, math, parts of speech

This article contains three short exercises on vocabulary related to music, math and parts of speech.

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