Expressing Ideas and Attitudes - English at Work

Understand and discuss ideas and attitudes and improve your fluency using coordinating conjunctions - and, so and but.

Key Learning points

• LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
  Welcoming; Proud and optimistic; Open; Supportive; Sarcastic and blaming; Bullying.
   
• GRAMMAR
  Coordinating Conjunctions - and; or; so; but.
   
• IDIOMS
  Talk down to; Give attitude; The 11th hour; All for; stand up to someone; On the fast track.
   
• VOCABULARY
  confident; dazzle; proud; two-faced; working out; brilliant; mean; deep-seated; blame.
   
• PRONUNCIATION
  Assimilation - gonna; wanna; gotta.

This video is part of the English at Work Series, created by Psychologist Eve Ash, linguistics expert Dr Fran Byrnes, features comedienne Erin Brown and Emmy-award winning Kim Estes.

The Cutting Edge English at Work Series promotes communication and language competence by building the desire and motivation to learn and the confidence to try. Confidence in learning and using English leads to successful communication.

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