B.E.L.L. Tips

Issue #138 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) The Next Chapter I started this newsletter a little over two years ago with a simple idea: to share tips, tricks, and encouragement to help adults navigate the English language with more confidence. At the time, I wasn’t sure exactly what it would become, but together, we’ve created something special. Week after week, I’ve had the privilege of sharing ideas, hearing from readers, and watching this little project grow...

Issue #137 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) By Dorothea Lange - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132089043 Internment of Japanese Americans Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D....

Issue #136 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) Paparazzi Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. For many, the term paparazzi evokes disgust and outrage, and for good reason. Paparazzi, or celebrity photographers, are often quite invasive and sometimes obnoxious, leading to a few heated confrontations here and...

Issue #135 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) The Great Lakes Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border. The five lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie,...

Issue #134 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) The Melting Pot Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. The Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island in the New York Harbor. She was a gift from France to commemorate the 100th anniversary celebration of the United States' Independence Day. Since then, she has...

Issue #133 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) Hot Air Balloons Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. Besides its gorgeous red rock canyons and energy vortexes, Sedona, Arizona, is also known for experiencing that beauty with an amazing hot air balloon ride. I would never do it because I'm scared of heights,...

Issue #132 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) AI for Language Learning Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. Any article that mentions AI seems to have become "clickbait" in the past couple of years. There are those that claim it's going to take over your job and those that claim it will make you more...

Issue #131 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) Cold Water Plunge Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. This week’s newsletter was inspired by a friend’s blog post about her husband’s daily ritual: starting each morning with a cold water plunge. She described it so beautifully, not just as a physical shock to...

Issue #130 English Tips for: Business English Language Learners (B.E.L.L.) Doppelgangers Each week, I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language. You are welcome to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues. I often get Amy Adams and Isla Fisher mixed up, and they are a good example of a look-alike or doppelganger. Some people believe that we all have a doppelganger out there somewhere, and there are even social...