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WINNERS SPEAK GLOBISH

Global Speakers SummitAmsterdam

15 April, 2011

ENNOBLE your English—Make Every Word Work!

Elizabeth Noble


Jean-Paul NerrièreA Frenchman who is uniting

the world with a simple form of English

Invented the termsGlobishL’angloricainwww.globish.com

www.jpn-globish.com


Global speech for global business

1. 90% of English spoken by non-anglophones

2. = native speakers only 5 %!1. They are often the problem!2. English= too dense, or too subtle.


Publications


Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language

Robert McCrum


Is your delivery as good as your content?

People hate seeing themselves on video!

WHY?Verbal fluency disordersMannerismsFidgeting…


Verbal Fluency Disorders

PoliticiansObama says UM!Hilary Clinton says AH!

CelebritiesPROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS!


Groom Your Talk Avoid padding with verbal tics

um… er… ah… like… so…. you know…you know that I

mean…


Power of the Pause

Verbal spaceYou and your audience can breathe,

reflect.Silence has impact…the “pregnant

pause”= effective intensifier


Speaking simple, correct English requires. . .

Awareness of common barbarisms Fillers Intensifiers Redundant words Grammatical errors


AvoidJokes

Rarely X-culturalIdioms & clichés

Curiosity killed the catFind your own words!

MetaphorsBand-Aid


CommunicationBlockers

Slangsucksstuff viral

Wrong Meaning + OveruseAbsolutely! Basically ….totally, so totally…

Acronyms/Abbreviations(English-français) NATO/OTAN…GMO/OGM


RedundantIntensifiers

Very Really Ever so

much Each and

every All of our

focus One and all…


Avoid Redundance

Very uniqueChaos and unrestMore perfectCompletely achievedScale of the magnitudeOff of, outside ofTRY


AvoidIdioms

Tickled pink Fly in the ointmentTie your colors to the mastTo hell in a hand basketOn a jollyPumped up, pep up


Annoying“Buzz Words”

It’s a snapA-Ha momentEpicKick-Ass, kick offWow factorSurrealRocket scientist, no-

brainer


Barbarisms WHO is for people

never which or thatDifferent FROM

never different to or thanMy friend and I…

Never me and my friendHe/she…him/herMay vs. can


More Barbarisms

Desperateness (desperation)Cautiousness (caution)Stylishness (style)Deliciousness (?) uniqueness (?)

FullestWould of, could of (would’ve,

could’ve)The same kind of thing


Better English – really?


Trap:Negative Phrases

The unconscious mind hears no negativesNegative Questions

You like to travel, don’t you?Don’t you agree?

Don’t forget….Remember


Mispronunciation“th” not pronounced as “z” or “s” or

“d” or “t”At beginning or end of a word

“h” is pronounced exceptHonest, honor, hour, heirNEVER haitch!

Folksy/lazyComin’ and goin’; Gonna, wanna


Speak Globish!

Verbs in their active formShort phrasesInternational alphabet

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie….Zulu


Learn from GlobishExpress each idea in 2 ways

Repeat concept with different wordsUse audiovisual aids

Rich with imagesDisplay appropriate body language Speak S L O W L Y


Get to the Point!

What I am going to talk about is…

One of the things I want to say…

This presentation attempts to…

There is that saying that… The fact of the matter is…


Correct these phrasesAll of our focus went into reaching the

final destinationAll of our focus went into reaching

the final destinationOur focus is the destination

Fear should never be entered into.Courage!


Conclusion

The point of all communication is to be UNDERSTOOD…by everyoneSpeak at an appropriate level for your

audience

Winston Churchill: Never use a pound (£) word when a penny (1d) one will do


Thank you. . .

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