Talaera English Guide for Software Developers
Talaera English Guide for Software Developers is a guide of about twenty-nine pages from Talaera, a company that teaches business English to professionals. It is written for developers working in English as a second language, and its argument is that being able to describe a problem clearly matters more at work than grammar alone, which is the thread running through its three chapters.
100% Free (unlimited): The guide opens and downloads straight from its address, with no account, no form and no payment: the whole twenty-nine pages. Talaera's training is a separate service, and the guide itself suggests showing it to a manager when you want that training paid for.
How It Helps Your Business English
The guide runs in three chapters: the communication difficulties a developer meets when English is not their first language, from cultural-fit interviews to reading documentation; what strong English brings, in job prospects, presentations and getting a project approved; and what to do about it, with learning in a work context, a learning partner, audio shadowing and employer-funded training.
You can read it in one sitting, or take the third chapter alone if you already know where your difficulty lies, since that is where the practical advice sits. The terms it uses are the ones from your own week, stand-ups, sprint planning, a Kanban board, a README and a commit, so the English arrives attached to work you already do. It also tells you how to put the case for training to a manager.
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