EC English 5 Communication Mistakes Global Teams Make
EC English 5 Communication Mistakes Global Teams Make names five habits that cause trouble between colleagues who share no first language, and gives the wording that works instead. EC English, a group of English language schools, covers idioms that do not travel, feedback given too bluntly, vague requests, grammar that shifts the meaning or the tone, and emails that end too abruptly, closing with a note for team leaders.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The five mistakes are taken one at a time, each with an example of the wording that causes the problem and the wording that replaces it: idioms and informal phrases that do not translate, blunt feedback, vague requests and unclear instructions, grammar that changes meaning or tone, and email endings that read as abrupt or too casual. A closing section addresses team leaders.
Read the five and work out which one is yours, because most people make one of them repeatedly rather than all five. Compare the two versions of each example aloud: the difference between them is usually small, which is what makes it easy to adopt. The section on email endings is worth applying the same day, since sign-offs are the part of a message people copy from habit without rereading.
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