Comments on: Impact of negative comments on nonnative speakers in the workplace http://www.ovient.com/english-blog/2009/06/15/impact-of-negative-comments-on-nonnative-speakers-in-the-workplace/ Our thoughts on learning English, improving an American accent, and English in the workplace. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:59:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blythe http://www.ovient.com/english-blog/2009/06/15/impact-of-negative-comments-on-nonnative-speakers-in-the-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Blythe Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:18:54 +0000 http://www.ovient.com/english-blog/?p=30#comment-5 Thank you for your comment, Clarissa. I agree. Everyone should experience working or studying in another country. It would open up a lot of eyes! On another note, Daniel Kirk wrote a great response to my blog post titled "Positive Impact of Positive Comments by Anyone" at http://yokkaichi1.blogspot.com/ Thank you for your comment, Clarissa. I agree. Everyone should experience working or studying in another country. It would open up a lot of eyes!

On another note, Daniel Kirk wrote a great response to my blog post titled “Positive Impact of Positive Comments by Anyone” at http://yokkaichi1.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Clarissa http://www.ovient.com/english-blog/2009/06/15/impact-of-negative-comments-on-nonnative-speakers-in-the-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Clarissa Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:41:04 +0000 http://www.ovient.com/english-blog/?p=30#comment-4 I think it's all too easy for monolingual English-speaking business people to focus on the flaws and glitches, forgetting how accomplished their multilingual co-workers really are. (Just another reason I wish more Americans did school or work exchanges...we need to develop more empathy with people trying to communicate in second languages.) Excellent post. I think it’s all too easy for monolingual English-speaking business people to focus on the flaws and glitches, forgetting how accomplished their multilingual co-workers really are. (Just another reason I wish more Americans did school or work exchanges…we need to develop more empathy with people trying to communicate in second languages.)

Excellent post.

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