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  • Look beyond language

    Watching the Olympic Games is an exciting intercultural activity, even if only on TV. Recently one of the journalists shared a conversation with the hotel staff in Beijing. He ran out of tea in his hotel room. As he was self-isolating and had no chance to talk to anyone in person, he called the hotel…

  • Celebrate your language

    If you’ve ever read at least one of my posts here, you know they are all about international communication in English. Today, let me make an exception and dedicate this one to Ukrainian, my native language. In Ukraine we have a holiday of Ukrainian Writing and Language, which is celebrated annually on 9 November. The…

  • Together

    I have to admit I’ve been extremely inspired by the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games. With all the determination and grit that athletes have demonstrated, it made me think once again about the contribution of every single person behind their performance. As many people have noticed, even the Olympic motto has changed: it was completed…

  • Job interviews: listen vs hear

    Recently I’ve been helping some of my clients to prepare for job interviews. What I’ve noticed is that we often listen to questions and then try to answer them. While we are trying to, the interviewer loses their focus and never hears what we want to say. So what to do? Try to get to…