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Jun 28, 2012 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Viva La Solar Panels..

For the last three months, my husband ( an RF Engineer) has been deeply engrossed in, committed to and preoccupied by, solar panels. Comparing and calculating the efficiency and reliability of each and every solar panel currently on the market in Australia, to find the most efficient and reliable

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Apr 09, 2012 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Cohesion – A Simple Business Writing Tool.

In English, a report, argument or discussion needs to be cohesive – the ideas need to stick together, and flow in a logical order. The presentation or flow of ideas when writing in other languages is very different to that in English. It is important to show connections between

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Jan 31, 2012 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Prezi – Creating Sophisticated Presentations

Well… here I go again, mentioning the many advantages of using Prezi as a presentation tool. The small presentation (below) took me about 20 minutes to create, and although seemingly simple – about Solutions Lingua – I still think it looks more effective presented in Prezi than it would

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Jan 15, 2012 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Parallelism

Parallelism is a writing technique that improves the overall flow and style of business reports and documents. It is the writer’s word for consistency. using similar structures to express similar ideas. Use identical noun, adjective, or verb forms in your writing, so that it is easy to read and

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Jan 14, 2012 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

What’s On Your Professional Development Agenda for 2012?

Solutions Lingua Use Tagxedo. Looking to improve your spoken or written communication skills in 2012? Solutions Lingua is continually updating their portfolio of clients and customised courses. Whatever your requirements - Professional Business English support, or to Upskill your Business Writing Skills – we can assist and support

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Dec 12, 2011 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Email Functional Language

Emails are often less formal than other forms of business correspondence, but also vary in formality and style based on company protocol. Emails need to be concise, direct and clearly structured. The following useful phrases or functional language can improve the overall style and clarity of business email correspondence.

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Dec 06, 2011 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Walking – A Visual Odyssey

William Barak Bridge Trunk Of Morton Bay Fig Near Bridge The Yarra Under the Shade of a Morton Bay Fig Angel Hello and welcome to a more personal side of Solutions Lingua – little stories from me. To get the story ball rolling, I’d like to talk about walking……

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Dec 05, 2011 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Language in the Brain, Hands and Mouth

This is a fascinating lecture from Academic Earth by Paul Bloom -Yale University - for anyone interested in communication and language: acquisition, commonalities and differences, phonology, morphology, syntax, our capacity to learn languages and so on….it’s a bit long, but well worth the 40 minutes. Watch it on

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Nov 16, 2011 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Top 100 Tools For Learning – 2011

Many………. Many, thanks to the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies – C4LPT- for this wonderful resource. It is so interesting to see how technologies have changed over the years, in popularity, and where they are now. There is such a vast array of invaluable performance boosting techie learning

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Nov 15, 2011 | Post by: sladmin No Comments

Is It Really Customised?

Well…there is a lot of ‘buzz’ surrounding the promise of a customised service in the world of business marketing, but is it a sincere offering? or rather a quick tweak of service content to keep up with popularity. We need and deserve a customised service – but it is

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