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		<title>Improve Communication Skills in English</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a language learner, communication is your most important goal. In this and other articles in the series, I suggest ways to improve  communication skills in English. Includes tips for natives too!]]></description>
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		<title>Keep It Simple Stupid!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that we humans always seem to fall into the same traps and make the same mistakes? Is it simply that &#8220;to err is human&#8221;? If so, it is of some comfort that &#8220;to forgive is divine&#8221;, but it is nevertheless very frustrating! I have been trying to set up a social network for the city I now call home, Lleida, in Catalonia, northern Spain, for quite some time now. Using the latest technology is always complicated, and I have too often been at the &#8220;bleeding edge&#8221; &#8211; that point beyond cutting edge that can so often cause projects to fail, either because they are ahead of their time, or simply because the technology is not sufficiently tested, supported, stable or whatever. This is especially true of Open Source software, where people willingly put in their time for nothing for the common good, hoping their efforts will be rewarded, through modest donations and/or offers of work. I have long been a supporter, user and indeed instigator of open source, and it has enabled the world to compete with the big boys and earn a living, in some cases to spectacular heights. For me personally, the driving force of using one of the top open source platforms in the world &#8211; WordPress  (which powers this site) &#8211; has been to replace expensive in-house developers, and indeed outsourced developers, with something I can manage myself, and therefore create things almost entirely within my own control. There will always be a place....]]></description>
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		<title>How can I improve my English?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a teacher of English as a foreign language, I face the question "How can I improve my English" on a daily basis, so I have decided to put down some of the advice I give my students plus some extra help derived from my interest in personal development.]]></description>
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		<title>English in International Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After many years in business and observing the use of english in international business, including teaching, in this series of articles I offer some help and advice to learners of business English.]]></description>
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		<title>Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes. Jack Handey, American comedian and author of the famous &#8220;Deep Thoughts&#8221;, 1984 One of my favourite quotes, which also shows that Americans can sometimes be almost as sarcastic as the British: the first part apparently advocates an empathetic approach to life, one of understanding and &#8220;live and let live&#8221; &#8211; it even sounds like a Chinese proverb, doesn&#8217;t it? This is then simply, but very amusingly destroyed by the &#8220;volte-face&#8221; of the second part which reveals a rather less pure and more self-interested motivation.]]></description>
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		<title>To teach and to learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since September I have returned to teaching, after many years in business. Putting all that experience to good use helping others is very rewarding as any teacher will tell you. At the same time, by keeping an open mind, I am always learning from my students, not only to personalise their experience but to enrich my own knowledge and coaching style. The fact that I am still in business also helps as it keeps my practical experience up-to-date and focussed, away from purely theoretical or pre-generated printed materials. A nice combination which I confess to be enjoying much more than pure business and in particular web development and marketing (though this is an ever-present tide ebbing and flowing through my brain!) So, after a long break from blogging, I hope to share some of my experiences combining these two worlds &#8211; and the multi-lingual, multi-cultural anecdotes that accompany them.]]></description>
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		<title>Ainsa &#8211; jewel of Aragon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite my last post about my poor eating experience, the trip into Aragon on Saturday was fabulous nonetheless as the photo illustrates. I will be creating a gallery to house more pictures of this and the other incredibly beautiful, rugged or plain breathtaking places we visit, always camera in hand. Aínsa, in the foothills of the Aragonese Pyrenees (even the name is mellifluous!) is an achingly beautiful medieval fortified town perched on a hill with narrow streets which often end abruptly to frame a spectacular view of the surrounding hills and valleys. Much of the old quarter remains intact and very well preserved. It even manages to provide a good selection of bars an restaurants which manage not to take over the main square as they so often do &#8211; partly because of the size, which is large in relation to the town. Given it&#8217;s topographical situation it is not surprising the place is rich in wildlife with a surprising number of birds of prey including eagles and the locally emblematic bearded vulture. It is also a popular geological centre with geologists coming here from all over the world. Ainsa is definitely on the list of places to revisit, especially with the superb Somontano wine region next door. If I had one small problem, it is that the place is almost too perfect&#8230;They clearly recognise what they have &#8211; which is great and ensures its preservation, a relatively rare quality in Spain, as in France. They therefore also provide an....]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish food culture &#8211; part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I take it back. My remark about Spanish food culture and it&#8217;s influence on quality. It IS possible to eat badly in Spain. I&#8217;m not quite sure how, but the establishment we found on a day trip &#8216;across the border&#8217; into Aragon managed to get just about everything wrong (including the bill which had at least two mistakes in it). Before I get accused of elitism (Catalonia vs Aragon, which in the days of Catherine of Aragon were one kingdom, incidentally) I should say we were so hungry by the time we got there we decided to eat before climbing to the Casco Antiguo - the old quarter, which, it turned out boasted a range of quality establishments, so ate at not the first place we saw&#8230;but the second, as it had a terrace and had a wood burning grill. So it was partly our fault. But my point, which I stick to, is that up to that point, I have been to many similar &#8211; and &#8216;worse&#8217; (run down/untidy) establishments and while the food has not always lived up to expectations, it has never been poor (see my previous post on Spanish food culture). Oh, and not just in Catalonia &#8211; Rioja (ok, that&#8217;s a given!), Asturias, etc., too. Here, however, the only good thing about the restaurant was the local Somontano wine, from the Enate estate (a best of breed, which I visited a couple of years ago), at a reasonable €12; though given the other wines were....]]></description>
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		<title>Paella Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had two more Spanish food culture experiences in the last 24 hours. As I wrote yesterday just before leaving home, as part of the local neighbourhood fiestas, there was a Paella Party &#8211; and competition, as it turned out. My friends who were competing won Third Prize for Presentation &#8211; it was classic Paella, with large, juicy prawns, plump mussels and an abundance of squid and small cockles. The judges must have felt they had over-salted it, but I would rather have slightly too salty than bland &#8211; and it was, as my grandfather used to say, very tasty. (Actually my father has inherited that expression and I must confess to it slipping out occasionally too; then again I was always a bit of a &#8216;young fogey&#8217; and I&#8217;m beginning to grow into the mould!) The best part of it, though was the whole ambience. It was another example of the joys of fully integrating into the local culture. I was one of a limited group of people allowed to actually eat the Paella &#8211; sitting cramped inside two long rows of tables in the street under the stars (well the few brighter ones visible within the city). Perfect temperature, perfect temperament, good company &#8211; and a couple of bottles of my favourite, artisan-made Cava (a bargain at €2.99 from my local deli).]]></description>
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		<title>The Foam Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite my new commitment to posting every day, I have dropped a day already. I have a good excuse though &#8211; two, actually. The first is I spent the morning organising, goal-setting and planning and am now sitting at an immaculate desk with a clear idea of where I am going and how I am going to get there. (Yes, 24 hours later and the desk is still clear!) The second reason is that as I sat down to write yesterday&#8217;s post, I was reminded that there was yet another fiesta going on in our local neighbourhood. I have written here before about the famously prolific Spanish fiestas but after six months here I am still surprised &#8211; I hadn&#8217;t realised quite how many there really are. A few weeks ago we had the Festa Major &#8211; the Catalan for Fiesta Mayor which those familiar with Spanish culture will know is the main fiesta (festival) of the local town, village, or, as I have now discovered, neighbourhood. No sooner had that finished but we had the nationally celebrated Moors and Christians where people dress up and re-enact the conquest of Spain by the moors and subsequent Catholic reconquest. Then we had the Snail Fest (the Catalans love their snails, especially here in Lleida. More on these cultural feasts later). Oh, and in passing University exams finished so they all filled the streets and some stragglers were still, well, straggling, at 11am the following morning&#8230; Then last weekend the neigbourhood fiestas....]]></description>
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