Shelley Purchon
How to make a speech to a foreign audience
What if your audience speak English as a Foreign Language? These tips will help you give a presentation that is easy to understand.
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Shelley Purchon
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
How to explain 'safeguarding' to speakers of other languages
Safeguarding is a tricky concept. How can you explain it to people who speak English as a foreign language? Our short video will inspire you
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Shelley Purchon
- Jan 18, 2022
- 6 min
Who suffers if doctors use family and friends to interpret?
These good practice guidelines on the use of ad hoc interpreters have been developed in partnership with the Health and Race Equality Forum.
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Shelley Purchon
- Jan 14, 2022
- 3 min
How to explain unfamiliar concepts to people who are learning English
It is hard to speak to learners of English, especially if the concept you're describing does not exist in their culture. These tips may help
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Shelley Purchon
- Mar 27, 2019
- 4 min
Miscommunication: eight common examples
Non English speaking clients sometimes say things that don't make sense. Here are 8 common miscommunication examples among English learners.
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Shelley Purchon
- Feb 11, 2019
- 5 min
Communicating with EAL parents
How can teachers conduct a parents evening when parents have English as an Additional Language?(EAL) Here are my 13 tips to help.
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Shelley Purchon
- Jan 10, 2019
- 5 min
How not to be patronising
How can you simplify your English without seeming patronising? It is a very fine line. Here are 12 tips from a communication expert.
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