Podcast

Women's Voices

Friday, 20 February, 2009

Workplace English

Kirin and Asoka talk with Angela Yatri ESOL advisor for the Auckland region. Migrants with great skills and strengths who do speak English often struggle to understand NZ English and make themselves understood. Angela speaks about the need to breach a language gap which includes understanding local work culture, vocabulary, pronunciation and the language for special settings – e.g. customer services. First b’cast 2009

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