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How to learn Business English

The Automotive Industry is truly global now, with many alliances, shared platforms, and certainly thousands of air-miles! Increasingly Japanese and Koreans are having to communicate in English with their counterparts in the US, UK and Europe. English is a global language the other day I was driving along a British road, with a Turkish guest who was talking on his mobile to a Vietnamese colleague in France about a project for a French Customer built by a German Company: they spoke English.

I have sat in numerous meetings with overseas colleagues, discussing various international projects, only to watch my colleagues struggle with communicating ideas in English.

So we have established the need its very real and immediate what is the solution? There are a number of things that an employer can consider when looking to train his people to speak, write and understand English as she is spoken in the international marketplace:

1. Lessons in the workplace.

These have the advantage of being flexible, on-site, and relatively in-expensive, and that several people can be trained at once. The disadvantages are that students are readily distracted, being on-site, or that they are not taught by a native-speaker, and certainly that there are significant gaps between sessions, with little opportunity to practice.

2. Lessons in an English school.

Attending these, often in their own time, employees show commitment to the learning process, and are taught (often by native speakers) in classes of varying sizes and abilities.

3. Teach Yourself.

This route takes real commitment, but lacks flexibility you learn what is on the tape and where do you practice?

4. Learn in a foreign country in a language school

There are many language schools out there, in various parts of the UK, where students can learn in varying group sizes, and even one-to-one. Students generally stay with host families or in hotels and guest houses when not in lectures / classes.

5. Learn in a foreign country in a teachers home

We offer this service - whilst a little more expensive than all the other options, the student has individually tailored English teaching, one-to-one, with a native speaker. Plenty of conversation practise, individual attention, learning in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.

Andrew is a qualified TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) teacher, with 15 years experience of the global Automotive Industry as a Sales manager with an International component and systems supplier. For more information about learning English with Andrew at his home in the UK, visit the Lets Talk 2 website.

Building a website using a free website builder is just one part of the recipe for success on the internet. You need to build a website that people love to come back to time and time again. This is doubly important if you want to build a commercial website repeat visitors are the backbone of your business. There are 5 important steps you need to take to create a website that your visitors will love

You need to answer these 5 important questions before you start working on your website.

Who are you talking to?

Sit down and think this through. Who are the people you want to attract to your website? How old are they, what is their educational background, where do they come from are they male/female, what sort of career do they have, what really interests them etc. etc. The more you know about your audience, the easier everything else will be.

What do you want to say to them?

Target everything you say on your website to what you want to say to your audience. Dont distract them or confuse them with stuff thats not part of your subject matter, dont bore them with long rants about irrelevant subjects. Keep it clear and to the point.

How are you talking to your visitors?

Imagine you visited someone and they started talking to you in a language you didnt understand youd want to get out of there pretty quick right? This is where step 1 is so important, if you understand your audience youll know how they say things using complex language and long sentences that might appeal to a college professor isnt going to appeal to the average teenager!

What does your site look like?

This is the most difficult or the most enjoyable part of building a website. The days when simple pages of text were ok are long gone. Now people expect a visually appealing website that presents the information in an easy to ready format. This is where youre going to need a good WYSWIG website editor to help you put together your pages in a way that makes them attractive and useful.

How are you going to help people to find your website?

If youve been on the web any length of time, youll realise that its a vast place with billions of pages out there. Your challenge is to help your audience to find your website. Where are they likely to be found on the web? You can use a whole range of things to attract them to your website forums, online articles, banner advertising, blogs, Myspace

Once youve answered the questions, youre ready to start building your website. If you dont relish the learning curve youll need to get familiar with HTML, you can download a free WYSWIG editor and get started within minutes! I would recommend you start with a good WYSWIG editor such as My Free Website Builder. You can use it to create your own high quality, professional looking website.

Kevin is an Entrepreneur who helps ordinary people to make money on the internet. Visit my blog for more hints and tips on how to make money now online.

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Bringing the whole family on a vacation to the Lake of the Ozarks can lead to plenty of good, family fun. There is so much to do and see in the area. Many of the activities are made for families. Of course, if you are looking for specific family fun activities or events in the Lake area, there are many to suit families with members of all ages, even the most finicky. In short, the Lake of the Ozarks has family fun for everyone.

The following locations and activities are just a brief sampling of all that Osage Beach and surrounding areas have to offer families of all shapes and sizes.

Water Parks If you are looking to get wet and have a splashing good time the Lake of the Ozarks water parks is a great place for family fun. There are two water parks in the Lake Ozarks area.

The first water park, Big Surf Water Park, is an outdoor park offering something for everyone. You can enjoy a wave pool, trips down the space bowl, or a luxurious float down the river. Babies can enjoy their very own tropical splash island and there is an activity pool for older children.

The second water park, Timber Falls Water Park, is an indoor water park located at Tan-Tar-A resort. This water park is modeled to resemble a three story tree house in the Lake Ozarks wilderness. This amazing tree house comes complete with buckets, suspension bridges, water blasters, and web crawls. Additionally, a huge water bucket is constantly turning and drops loads of water on everyone in the tree house every two minutes! This park is amazing to look at and equals tons of family fun for everyone.

Amusement Parks The Big Shots Amusement Park is owned by Big Surf Water Park. At this great park you will have your chance to enjoy numerous rides and attractions. You will be able to partake in water rides and traditional rides. Some of the more popular rides include bumper boats, Naskart, Go Karts on the Turbo Track, and the Bumper Cars. Smaller children will love the Junior Stock Cars, the Carousel, and the Happy Kangaroo.

Additionally, the Mill Creek Mini-Golf and the Bungee Trampoline are family favorites by both residents and visitors to Lake of the Ozarks.

Family Fun Parks There are six family fun parks in the area. One of the most popular parks is Miner Mike's Family Fun Park. Miner Mike's allows your family to enjoy the Runaway Mine Train roller coaster, the Chuck Wagon Ferris Wheel, the Gold Mine Bumper Cars, and much more. There is also plenty of opportunity to win prizes as you play games of different types. Smaller children will love the Miner Maze, which has tons of balls, cushions, and connected tubing.

The Lake No discussion of activities is complete without mentioning the Lake itself. With over 1100 miles of shoreline and a main channel running for over 90 miles there is plenty of room for boating, fishing, skiing, or tubing. Anchoring in one of the hundreds of coves to enjoy an afternoon of swimming is a favorite pastime. Some sit by the lake and just relax, always a favorite activity.

This is just a small sample of all of the family activities visitors can partake in when they travel to Lake of the Ozarks. As you can see, this beautiful area has activities indoors and outdoors. From sporting events and outdoor activities to cultural events and educational options, there is plenty to do and see for everyone at Lake of the Ozarks.

Dave Huffman is a property manager for vacation rentals in Tan Tar A Estates at the Lake of the Ozarks. To view Dave's rentals go to http://davehuffman.com. Also, for Lake of the Ozarks lodging go to http://www.lakeoftheozarksvacationrentals.com

The American economy is an amazing, complex, flexible, and powerful entity...

The scenario:

Step back to mid-2004. At that time, widespread media frenzy has developed around a highly-regarded psychic...

• She notes in lucid terms that she has seen the future three years hence...mid-2007
• She notes that oil prices are above $70 per barrel and have averaged $60-$65 a barrel for the past 2-3 years. She reports that a gallon of gasoline is now $3.00-$3.75 per gallon in most parts of the country
• She notes that many communities around the nation--particularly on both coasts and in the Southwest--are dealing with weak home sales, declining home prices, an excess of properties to sell, climbing delinquencies and foreclosures, and the highest mortgage interest rates in five years
• She notes that a number of the nation's largest Wall Street firms are dealing with a painful sub-prime mortgage lending market and rising anxiety about which Wall Street firms might follow Bear Stearns with serious valuation problems of aggressive hedge funds
• She notes that the euro, the British pound, and the Canadian dollar are each at record or multi-year highs against the dollar. She notes that gold prices have more than doubled since the summer of 2004, in part tied to anxiety about the U.S. dollar
• She notes that the Federal Reserve is about to end the recent 12-month period of a 46-year low in short-term interest rates. She announces that the Fed will tighten monetary policy 17 times between now (June 2004) and June 2006
• She notes that our ill-advised foray into Iraq has bogged down, with more and more national Republican politicians distancing themselves from a widely unpopular President. She notes that by one measure, the Congress--now under control by the Democrats--has an approval rating by the general public of 14%, the lowest ever
• She articulates a handful of other emotional issues that have risen in prominence by mid-2007, including health care, illegal immigration, global warming, and the future of entitlement spending

Given this laundry list of anxiety and negativity, the consensus view of economic forecasters and the media would no doubt be that a serious recession would soon engulf the U.S. economy, with millions of newly unemployed people, rising inflation, huge budget deficits, and little chance of escaping the economic decline. Financial market players would likely be wringing their collective hands about how this combination of challenges would ravage the stock market...

...not exactly

In fact, U.S. economic growth has been solid. The stock market has set dozens of new highs during the past nine months. The combined net worth of American households has set 17 consecutive quarterly records and now stands near $56 trillion. Budget deficits are declining, while inflation remains under control. Labor markets are extremely tight, with widespread opportunities for millions of people who want to work.

The American economy is an amazing, complex, flexible, and powerful entity...

...exactly

Economic futurist Jeff Thredgold is President of Thredgold Economic Associates, a professional speaking and economic consulting company

Since 1976, Jeff's weekly economic and financial newsletter, Tea Leaf, has been helping people make sense of the tangled maze of the U.S. and global economy and financial markets in a light, approachable style. Sign up to receive the free Tea Leaf email newsletter

Jeff is the author of econAmerica: Why the American Economy is Alive and Well...and What That Means to Your Wallet (Wiley, 2007), and On the One Hand...The Economist's Joke Book

His career includes 23 years with $96 billion banking giant KeyCorp, where he served as Senior VP and Chief Economist. He now serves as economic consultant to $50 billion Zions Bancorporation, which has banks in 10 states.