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Presentation to Global Speakers Federation Summit in the Netherlands.A French presentation given in Paris in 2009 can be found on my ENNOBLER dot net website.TRANSCRIPT
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WINNERS SPEAK GLOBISH
Global Speakers SummitAmsterdam
15 April, 2011
ENNOBLE your English—Make Every Word Work!
Elizabeth Noble
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Jean-Paul NerrièreA Frenchman who is uniting
the world with a simple form of English
Invented the termsGlobishL’angloricainwww.globish.com
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Global speech for global business
1. 90% of English spoken by non-anglophones
2. = native speakers only 5 %!1. They are often the problem!2. English= too dense, or too subtle.
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Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language
Robert McCrum
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Is your delivery as good as your content?
People hate seeing themselves on video!
WHY?Verbal fluency disordersMannerismsFidgeting…
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Verbal Fluency Disorders
PoliticiansObama says UM!Hilary Clinton says AH!
CelebritiesPROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS!
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Groom Your Talk Avoid padding with verbal tics
um… er… ah… like… so…. you know…you know that I
mean…
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Power of the Pause
Verbal spaceYou and your audience can breathe,
reflect.Silence has impact…the “pregnant
pause”= effective intensifier
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Speaking simple, correct English requires. . .
Awareness of common barbarisms Fillers Intensifiers Redundant words Grammatical errors
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AvoidJokes
Rarely X-culturalIdioms & clichés
Curiosity killed the catFind your own words!
MetaphorsBand-Aid
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CommunicationBlockers
Slangsucksstuff viral
Wrong Meaning + OveruseAbsolutely! Basically ….totally, so totally…
Acronyms/Abbreviations(English-français) NATO/OTAN…GMO/OGM
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RedundantIntensifiers
Very Really Ever so
much Each and
every All of our
focus One and all…
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Avoid Redundance
Very uniqueChaos and unrestMore perfectCompletely achievedScale of the magnitudeOff of, outside ofTRY
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AvoidIdioms
Tickled pink Fly in the ointmentTie your colors to the mastTo hell in a hand basketOn a jollyPumped up, pep up
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Annoying“Buzz Words”
It’s a snapA-Ha momentEpicKick-Ass, kick offWow factorSurrealRocket scientist, no-
brainer
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Barbarisms WHO is for people
never which or thatDifferent FROM
never different to or thanMy friend and I…
Never me and my friendHe/she…him/herMay vs. can
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More Barbarisms
Desperateness (desperation)Cautiousness (caution)Stylishness (style)Deliciousness (?) uniqueness (?)
FullestWould of, could of (would’ve,
could’ve)The same kind of thing
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Trap:Negative Phrases
The unconscious mind hears no negativesNegative Questions
You like to travel, don’t you?Don’t you agree?
Don’t forget….Remember
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Mispronunciation“th” not pronounced as “z” or “s” or
“d” or “t”At beginning or end of a word
“h” is pronounced exceptHonest, honor, hour, heirNEVER haitch!
Folksy/lazyComin’ and goin’; Gonna, wanna
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Speak Globish!
Verbs in their active formShort phrasesInternational alphabet
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie….Zulu
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Learn from GlobishExpress each idea in 2 ways
Repeat concept with different wordsUse audiovisual aids
Rich with imagesDisplay appropriate body language Speak S L O W L Y
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Get to the Point!
What I am going to talk about is…
One of the things I want to say…
This presentation attempts to…
There is that saying that… The fact of the matter is…
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Correct these phrasesAll of our focus went into reaching the
final destinationAll of our focus went into reaching
the final destinationOur focus is the destination
Fear should never be entered into.Courage!
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Conclusion
The point of all communication is to be UNDERSTOOD…by everyoneSpeak at an appropriate level for your
audience
Winston Churchill: Never use a pound (£) word when a penny (1d) one will do
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Thank you. . .
For your attendance and attentionwww.ennobler.netEbook: Winners Speak Globish