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Email Etiquette

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 9, 2012April 24, 2013

  The Daily Mail Strangely enough, abrupt auto-replies seem to be a big gripe. So…

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Career Advice from moi?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 30, 2012August 26, 2015

I was recently interviewed about my career by the UK magazine Kix. The interview is…

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Interesting article on bilingualism

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 19, 2012December 7, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html?src=me&ref=general

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Two interesting articles from the last week

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 19, 2012December 6, 2012

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/terence-blacker/terence-blacker-say-what-you-like-the-world-still-judges-us-by-the-way-we-speak-6988805.html   http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/05/will-hutton-learn-foreign-languages

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Mac vs. PC

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 2, 2012December 7, 2012

A few people have asked me what I use and which I prefer. Well, the…

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English lesson for independent work

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 2, 2012March 3, 2013

Here is a nice lesson on Steve Jobs. It is made from an authentic article and…

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Top Movies

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 31, 2012December 7, 2012

As promised, the list of recommended movies. They are in no particular order Gone with…

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Filofax Sweden Sale – 90 kr!

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 14, 2011December 6, 2012

I carry an A5 filofax wherever I go. It’s heavy but carries my complicated calendar (I am…

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Spelling Aloud

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 6, 2011October 29, 2012
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Phonetic Alphabet

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 6, 2011October 29, 2012

International Phonetic Alphabets for international dialects The sounds of English and English pronunciation Free easy…

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