How To look good online

Turn onto Zoom, Webex, Google Meet or the platform your online meeting is using. You can practise the day in advance by setting up a metting between two members of your family, two people in your office, or even your phone and laptop.

If you turn on half an hour in advance you have time to check your face, your neckline, your angle, your background.

Also check your sound level.

1 Background & Colour
A white wall works well.
It does not distract from your face. A projected background shows clearly.

What if you have no white wall? Just filing cabinets. Or other distractions.

Alternatively hang a sheet without paterns. (Not creased. The creases show up as shadows.)

You can see the lime green sheet on the far right. I could have cropped the photo to eminat the edge but I left it too show to you.

The background on which you project the image should not match your skin tone, eyes, spectacles or clothes or any foreground object.

If your spectacles are catching the light, you may have to remove them. Alternatively, remove them during your speaking slot or during the group photo.

2 Face
Do not light only from behind your face and body becauser you become a dark face or almost a silhouette.

Light from both sides, eg with two table lamps. If you have only one table lamp, perhaps in daytime a window one side and a lamp the other side of your face.

Do not tilt the frame so you are below.

Do not look down so the top of your head appears on screen.

Do not look up or sideways to a larger screen.

3 Movement
Cover your lens if you ae moving around or leaving the room so as not to distract the speaker.

Do not look away from the caerma and forward, nor side to side.

4 Lens And Camera
When  you reach forward to adjust your mobile phone,your hand may appear across it. As you see on the left of this photo.

You could buy a separate camera.

5 Head and Hair
If you are looking sideways at a larger screen, move your laptop.
Place a piece of paper with an eye drawn on it either side of your lens.
Buy an independent camera.

Hair messy?
Keep a comb beside your laptop.
Wear a hat.
Pull your hair back in a hairband.

Bald or Roots showing?
Don't look down.
Write your notes on a piece of paper with a hole in the middle for the lens and attach it above or over the camera or laptop lens.
Wear a hat or headband.
Pull your hair back into a ponytail.

6 Neck
Double chin or sagging chin?
Wear a polo neck.
Cover with a scarf.

7 Language
Learn a few words of welcome in other languages.

About the Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online. I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, which was meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays were workshops on app learncool.
From July 1st the new President will be Faith. I shall be vice president PR. 

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites Lansbury, Languages, toastmasters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_self-study_programs

https://www.facebook.com/angela.lansbury.121

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts

https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

translate.google.com

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Swimming Again - with more temperature checks in Centigrade

I am very glad to have temperature checks. Saves me time and effort. I could not find a reasonably priced temperature taker.

So I veer towards the desk to sign in.

But the man on the desk says, "Can you come back later. I don't have the key to the drawer with the signing in book."

I replied, "No, I have a meeting. Can you write my details on a piece of paper?"

The reason is more complicated. I swim before breakfast. I don't swim in the heat of the day. But one reason is enough.

He pulls forward a piece of paper.

I write down what I know needs recording.

Temperature
Luckily, the temperature guage is not in the drawer.

I am used to Fahrnehit. 98.4. Which would be just under boiling point in centigrade. I am pleased to have my temeprature taken. Eventually I will learn what is my usual temperature, and the human temperature normal vaiation in centigrade.

Children learn the new system. Easily.

Useful Websites Swimming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_stroke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_signal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers

About the Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites Lansbury, Languages, toastmasters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_self-study_programs

https://www.facebook.com/angela.lansbury.121

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts

https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

translate.google.com

duolingo.com

Angela Lansbury
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer.

Swimming Safety, help and safety signs, distress signals, is waving enough?

How do you signal that you need help when swimming? Out at sea, ships have recognized distress signals. Flying flags upside down.

Pool Problems & Signals
How would you signal you were in trouble, when swimming? In a pool.

When you are pushing down on the bottom of the pool, coming up for air but can't get back to the side.

Sea Saftey and Signals
At sea? When you drift out on an inflatable.

Waving
Is there a sign? A sign you can make with your hands?

Waving is not enough. I remember the poem, not waving but drowning. Sylvia plath. Steve Smith. It was a metaphor. But very visual.

It should be shown on the safety boards.

Some  pools have a sign for instruction for giving resuscitationl .
Plus the numbers to call for help.
Hotel reception.
Emergency services - ambulance.

Useful Websites On Swimming and Safety
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_stroke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_signal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_swimming

Author
Angela Lansbury

More About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

Incoming president Faith from July 1st 2020 could change dates and platforms so please contact the club.

Latest is only two meetings each month.

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/

Other amusing posts by Angela

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_Australian_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_New_Zealand_place_names

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts
https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club
translate.google.com
duolingo.com

Swimming in Singapore Resumes - with human body temperature checks

Swimming has resumed in Singapore. From Saturday 27th June 2019.

Silence and Noise
On Saturday nobody was around the swimming pool nor checking it. Silence.

Sunday, you can see and hear that the pool is open.

Off To Swim
As I approach the pool, trying to skirt around an official in a mask who steps foward into my path, he addresses me.

"Good morning, Ma-am. Would you sign in please?"

"Yes, of course."

At the desk, I have to write down on a sheet of columned paper, my name, unit (flat) number, time in, phone numbr, signature.

The official then takes my temperature with a thermometer alarmingly near my forehead and eyes. I try to dodge backwards.

He tells me, "Keep still". I keep still. The thermomenter touches my forehead.

Just what I was trying to avoid. Never mind. I shall have my forehead washed in the chlorinated swimming pool water.

I walk past the outdoor foot shower. Then the full height shower.  I don't want to touch anything which anybody else has touched.

I have just had a shower in my bathroom. In the olden days I would have had a shower anyway. Why? To get in the habit, reassure others, protect my reputation, and set a good example.

But today I don't want to touch anything.

I can hear an American mother talking to a swimming instructor. She is saying how much her daughter loves water, even in the bath. The mother pronounces bath as bath to rhyme with bat. American accent. New York accent?

American Accent
I listen again. The second time she pronounces it nearer to the British, London, pronounciation. I say bath to rhyme with laugh.

Time for my swim. I forgot to remove my mask.

Masks
You still have to wear a mask on your way to and from the pool. The lift lobby has signs about wearing masks.

I was half way across the pool before I realised that I was still wearing my mask.

Back to the lift lobby.

Hand Sanitiser
A hand sanitiser. Put your hand under it and nothing happens. You have to move. Swipe right and left and a drop of liquid descends.

I get into the lift and swipe the button with the back of my finger. But that was not sanitised. OK for others as I just came out of the swimming pool. But I must remember to put the back of my hand under the snatiser dispenser, or rub the liquid over both sides of my hand.

On Sunday.

Useful Websites On Swimming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_stroke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_signal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Quick Translations For Travellers and Language learners

 

Esperanto Flag

If you are struggling to learn a foreign language, or want one which can be used in several countries, try Esperanto. (They have an online meeting group based in Reading, England. They used to meet in Reading, until Covid-19 sent them online.)

On my Facebook page I was alerted to an entry on the polyglot page in Facebook it was about idioms. If you were a translator you would need to find the equivalent in English. On the other hand, if you are learning a language, it is helpful to see a word by word translation.

Humour and Lively Language
The word by word translation is also useful if you want a laugh, want to write humour, or want to embroider the language of your novel and entertain the reader.

In the meet.google automatic, automated translation, a speaker was counting the noes and the translator turned into nose. Very funny. Good enough for understanding when the sound quality is not good because everybody is unmuted. The words would have to be checked if you were using the automatic translation for minutes of a meeting.

Wikipedia

If you want side by side translations, you can compare the two languages on a tourist board site of a country you are visiting to see common words such as hotel, taxi, restaurant.

Wikipedia also appears in several languages. Pick a country of a topic you like, and read first in your home language, then in the language you wish to learn or practise.

Useful Websites
https://context.reverso.net/translation/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity
https://translate.google.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translatewiki.net

About the author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

Incoming president Faith from July 1st 2020 could change dates and platforms so please contact the club.

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_Australian_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_New_Zealand_place_names

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts
https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club
translate.google.com
duolingo.com

meet.google - my favourite online meeting platform - for today

I just came out of a google meeting and I loved it. Why? Because I had subtitles under speakers.

That was brilliant. If you lost concentration, went out of the room, or did not catch what they said, it was brilliant.

The occasional mis-spellings provided extra unintended entertainment. For example, in a Toastmaster's meeting training speakers we sometimes have an ah counter who counts ers and ums and repeated words.

Once the word nose appeared. It took oly a second to realise the speaker was saying the plural of no.

To Pin A Speaker, Or Yourself
Also it is easy to pin the speaker or timer.

Click on a large drawing of a pin.

The usual tricks apply. If you want to video wit your phone and don't want your camera to appear, you can cvoer your laptop lens. I do the same if I walk out of the room, or get up to fetch a pen or glass of water or bring back my mobile phone which I moved away to stop an echo.

I have tried turning off my mobile phone, but then it is not ready when I want to take a screen shot. In theory you can take a screeen shot. However, if you take a second one, the first one disappears.

I have other posts on the advantages of zoom and webex and learn.cool

Useful websites
meet.google
webex
learncool.sg

About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

Incoming president Faith from July 1st 2020 could change dates and platforms so please contact the club.

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_Australian_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_New_Zealand_place_names

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts
https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club
translate.google.com
duolingo.com

A city so nice, they named it twice

US flag
New York, New York, a city so nice, they named it twice.

I just love that. Actually, I think they mean New York City, New York state, but it's a lovely joke.

I love the song America, the beautiful.

Every now and then a proposal comes up to change the American anthem.

The Chinese word for American is beautiful country.

Not the only place named twice.

Bora Bora.

Beggin-Beggin

Brit-Brit

Gil Gil.

Many more.

About the Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites

https://www.facebook.com/angela.lansbury.121

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_Australian_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_New_Zealand_place_names

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts

https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

translate.google.com

duolingo.com

A new language lerning tool - netflix with subtitles

I joined the Polyglot community page on Facebook. You can ask a question and get an answer.

First I shall tell you what wastes time, then the good results. Like elsewhere on Facebook, reading it wastes a lot of time because people are often asking questions which are irrelevant to me, such as, Where can I learn Swahili. Others ask questions about English grammar, making so many mistakes that I could be spending fifteen minutes correcting and explaining two sentences. I would be better off spending my time creating a proper blog post or podcast or even a series of slides for Toastmasters on the English language.

However, every now and then something really interesting crops up. Yesterday somebody asked about songs to help learn Hebrew. I did not find the perfect song. What I would have wanted was a song like a nursery rhyme, the equivalent of Ten Green Bottles, which teaches numbers one to ten and one colour, Simon says, which teaches the parts of the body, or the rhymes about days of the week, (Many of them are too old fashioned with words you don't use every day. 'Sunday's child is full of grace, Monday's child is fair of face' - nobody, no beginner, would need the word grace, nor the econstruction fair of face.)


Moving on, today I saw a question about 'has anybody used netflix for learning languages'. I am a busy person and don't watch videos, too time consuming. I like a page I can read and skim to the end to the vital links.

The good news is that the Netflix system uses subtitles in English (or your language) and the other language. You can even go backwards or forwards, and switch between one language and the others.

This is my dream come true. I have installed it. Later, when I have time, I shall report back.

The trouble is, I am looking for a free service. I now find, install 30 days for free. I never sign up for anything unlimited.

Firstly, I often sign up for something and change my mind. I might suffer from buyers remorse. The amount you pay over a year or more is larger than a one off payment.

What's more, I am over 70. If I died, how would my relatives cancel it? After my late uncle died, it was a nightmare trying to cancel subscriptions. In addition to the major events of death certificates and funeral speech and funeral and gravestone and bank accounts and pensions, I had monthly orders for books and other unwanted items. All of them could not be cancelled without passwords and proof that the person had died. A whole hoo-ha. I don't want to risk.

I am happy with a service such as Duolingo which offers a basic course for free, a better one for a price, if you want to continue learning to a higher level, to support the system which has supported you by giving back money to help them develop further features and languages.

Useful Websites
https://media.netflix.com/en/language-selection

About the Author

Angela Lansbury is an author and speaker. See books such as Wedding Speeches on Amazon and Quick Quotations on Lulu.com

You can also join Angela on Facebook and LinkedIn and at a meeting of a Toastmasters club. Please share links to your favourite posts.

MORE TRICKS - AND TRAPS! ON ZOOM

Why Zoom? You can use it to call family and friends or work meetings. It is a widely used platform and many people know it and prefer what they know.

MOBILE OR LAPTOP?
Why would you log into a meeting on zoom on a mobile phone?

Because you are out in the street. Because you are at home at the dining table.

LOGGING ON
You need a meeting ID, and usually a password. Sometimes you are put in a waiting room. The host either knows you by name or recognizes your login. Check if you have registered on autofill with another name.

If you have a choice, join your meeting on a laptop. The pictures are bigger. Because the screen is bigger, you have more options visible on the screen. Usually you can only see four of the other participants. You have to keep sliding the screen to see the next set of pictures. Your own picture could be invisible. The danger is that you might not realise that everybody else can see you whilst you are eating, picking your teeth or changing your clothes.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Sometimes they can hear you. You can hear them although they can't hear you because you are on mute.

CAN YOU SEE ME? Check you have not left a cover over your screen.

TAKING A PHOTO
If you want to take a photo of the whole screen you can use the screen capture key on a laptop. If you want to photograph the whole screen with the mobile you might find that your mobile is covering your face.

You can turn off video recording to stop yourself appearing and just show your glamorous still photo. This is useful if you have light reflecting off your glasses or are in a dark room, or look untidy. It also stops the others knowing you are taking a photo. And your movements do not distract the speaker.

YOUR WORKSHOP DISPLAY

If you are sharing a workshop and want a frame around your workshop picture or subtitles this must be done in your powerpoint presentation before you share it.

About the Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language. I also give workshops on the English language to businesses.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_self-study_programs

https://www.facebook.com/angela.lansbury.121

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/

4https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts

https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

translate.google.com

duolingo.com

Moshe Schulhof Sings Best Yiddish Song Rumania Rumania Excellent!!! To...

Wonderful song about Romania. Also great if you are into Yiddish. Finally, so catchy it makes you want to tap your toes and wave your arms when sitting down at your office or study desk. I thought of zumba but this is effortless exercise.

I was redirected back to some language YouTube videos after watching one which was recommended on a Facebook polyglots page.

I have started several languages on Duolingo.

About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_self-study_programs

https://www.facebook.com/angela.lansbury.121

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts

https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

translate.google.com

duolingo.com

Webex and Zoom

On a Webex meeting of Toastmasters International one of the speakers gave a ten minute presentation about how to use Webex. The main points I picked up from the speaker were:

HOSTS
1 Always have two 'hosts'.

LEAVING VERSUS ENDING
2 If you leave a meeting early, click on leave meeting. That means you leave the meeting. Don't move your mouse over end meeting and click because that ends the meeting for everybody. I'm sure a few people have done that.

Why don't the signs clarify more detail about ending, like the delete buttons on WhatsApp. They offer specific choices. They say 'delete for me' or 'delete for everybody'.

The online functions could offer a similar choice. For example: 'Leave meeting for me.' or 'End meeting for everybody'.

DRAWING ON WHITEBOARDS
In a real in office meeting you can use a whiteboard to brain storm and list suggestions or mind map then linking them with arrows or circles. Different people can draw on the communal whiteboard. Does an online meeting offer such a possibility?

The speaker demonstrated this using notes on a white background, share screen, and the paintbrush.

CHECK UPDATES
I might have got something wrong. The speaker could have got something wrong. By the time you read this sthe system could have changed. (So check online.) But these notes gives you a clue what to watch out for.

Website
https://meetingsapac24.webex.com/webappng/sites/meetingsapac24/dashboard/landing?siteurl=meetingsapac24&type=Attendee

About the author
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_self-study_programs

https://www.facebook.com/angela.lansbury.121

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts

https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

translate.google.com

duolingo.com

Check your English in Emails And Slides - Quicks tips, Oxford, England, and Websters House

UK flag.

Copy your slides into word and check the English, then load up the correct version or correct the slides by checking the revised version.

Note that the Oxford dictionaries are from Oxford, England and give British English.


US flag.

Websters is by Webster who revised the spelling for Americans.




UK
Visit England and take a trip from London to Oxford. When the Covid-19 regulations in your home country and your destination country allow it



USA
You can see Noah Webster's portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, washignton DC, USA.

You can visit Websters house in the USA, Covid19 allowing.


Websters House

Statue of Webster, Connecticut



Useful Websites
grammarly.com

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/reset

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/

Concise Oxford dictionary, hardback, gives etymology (origin of the word)

About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_self-study_programs

https://www.facebook.com/angela.lansbury.121

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts

https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

translate.google.com

duolingo.com