VIP Class Notes (Raph)[S][R]

Vocabulary

Adept (adj): 1- having a natural ability to do something that needs skill:
E.g.: She’s very adept at dealing with the media.
E.g.: She gave a technically adept performance on the piano.

Gauge (v): 1- to calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device.
E.g.: Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature.
E.g.: I tried to gauge (= guess) the weight of the box.

Original:

This morning I met a friend who is a HR at consulting company now. We discussed some topics about my personal career development, and also some key elements I should take into account when I consider to design my career development path. One element she mentioned is the industry development situation. Then she thought industry of the job was quite important for a job holder, because it will influence your salary pay, work environment, and the high level of the glass ceiling. The second element we have discussed was the team, that means your line manager and team members are crucial for your work, and also you will spend more than half of your time with them every working day, so it’s important to have nice people to work with.

Edited:

This morning I met a friend who is an HR expert at a consulting company. We discussed some topics about my personal career development, and also some key elements I should take into account when designing my career development path. One element she mentioned is the situation of the industry. According to her, the industry is quite important for a job holder, because it will influence your salary, work environment, and the height of the glass ceiling. The second element we discussed was the team. She said your line manager and team members are crucial for your work. As you spend more than half of your time with them every working day, it’s important to have nice people to work with.

Advice: know when to end one sentence and start the next. While having too many sentences that are too short is not good either, when sentences are too long, you and your listener tend to get lost.

Best To Learn A New Language Before Age Of 10
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1805/180504-language-learning.html)

New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests that if people want to achieve native-like proficiency in a new language, they should start learning that language before the age of ten. The researchers added that children up to the age of 17 or 18 remain adept at learning grammar. There is bad news for those who want to pick up a new language beyond their late teens. The researchers say this is past the “critical period” when language-learning ability starts to decline. Researcher Joshua Hartshorne said: “As far as a child is concerned, it’s quite easy to become bilingual….That’s when you’re best at learning languages. It’s not really something that you can make up later.”

The research was based on an analysis of results from a 10-minute online grammar quiz. Over 670,000 language learners of all ages participated in the test. Researchers measured the grammatical ability of people who started learning a language at different points in their life. Professor Hartshorne focused on grammar rules that were most likely to confuse a non-native speaker as a gauge of that person’s proficiency. MIT researcher Josh Tenenbaum suggested people simply might be too busy to learn a language later in life. He said: “After 17 or 18, you leave home, you work full time, or you become a specialized university student. All of these might impact your learning rate for any language.”

Pronunciation

Outburst: /ˈaʊt.bɝːst/

Upset: /ʌpˈset/

Element: /ˈel.ə.mənt/

Influence/ˈɪn.flu.əns/

Technology: /tekˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/

Analysis: /əˈnæl.ə.sɪs/

Analyze: /ˈæn.əl.aɪz/

Gauge: /ɡeɪdʒ/