What is an idiom? This is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements. In other, a bunch of words put together in an unusual way to mean something completely different! Apart from being just downright fun, idioms are also a window into the cultural origins of a language and an amazing way of blending into a new place as a local. We have put...
Add color to your language and sound like a native speaker! A primary means of describing any object is to talk about its color. It immediately paints an image of the object in the mind’s eye and allows for more creative expression during a dialogue. However, the real challenge is to go beyond the monotony of the reds, blues and yellows to really describe an object using a specific...
What better place for a holiday than one of South East Asia’s most popular travel destinations – Thailand? With its beautiful beaches, national parks, benign climate, and incredible cuisine, Thailand continues to dominate at the forefront of South Asian tourism, and with good reason. Every year Bangkok makes the list of the best cities to visit, ranking first in Euromonitor...
Over the past 2 decades, the UAE (Dubai in particular) has become a significant business and leisure destination. From its stunning architecture to its irresistible beaches, the UAE has redefined the art of hospitality in its central geographical location where “east meets west”. Learn the ins and outs of the Arab culture to make the most of your trip or relocation to this fascinating...
As steady progress is being made through commencement season, the relief of finally having completed a degree is slowly and surely being replaced with the panic of the endless abyss that is job hunting. As numbers of students graduating continue to rise exponentially, the need to set oneself apart from the crowd is more vital now than it was a generation ago. So what can be done to give one an...
We recognize that communication is a key skill for success and the driver for getting what we want and need, yet we often fail to recognize the most effective method of communication, the method of communication that supports shared understanding and purpose.
Companies are putting in serious efforts to make the millennials feel welcome without undermining those that came ahead of them. While it might be tricky, it is not impossible. After all, age is just a number!
Here are our top tips on how you can get along with millennials in the workplace.
Life after graduation is the tangible, petrifying “afterlife” of the average twenty-odd-year-old. While college may have initially been an overwhelming idea, four years and some incredible memories later, the last thing a college senior desires is to leave the comfort of the university and enter into the “real” world. Graduation life is a lot less happy-go-lucky than the years preceding it. Here...
“To have another language is to possess a second soul.” This famous quote by Charlemagne is especially significant in an increasingly globalized world, where functionality in multiple languages may be considered as the passport of a true global citizen. Therefore in a world with over 6000 spoken dialects, what languages would be the most useful to maximize communication? The following is a list...
Although the four years spent at college is a stark contrast to the first 18 years, hundreds of thousands of students graduate every year from universities across the world, and go on to lead successful lives and careers. Alternatively, there also remain those that do not make it through the rigors of college life. So what makes a good student and how does one go about successfully completing...