Tag: short-story
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Business Casual: Idioms 7
Here’s a cross-team conversation using popular idioms. Review it to understand the meanings of idioms, and then answer questions with them. Get more English practice here. The Project “Phoenix” Post-Mortem Setting: A glass-walled meeting room at 9:00 AM. Everyone looks exhausted but relieved. Sarah (Manager): Morning, team. Before we dive into the next sprint, I…
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Business Casual: Idioms 6
Here’s an interview for a senior software developer position using idioms. Review it to understand the meanings of idioms, and then answer questions with them. Get more English practice here. The Interview: Senior Software Developer Candidate Interviewer: “Thanks for coming in bright and early this morning! I know the commute can be a bit of…
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Business Casual: Idioms 5
Here’s a casual coffee break chat. Review it to understand the meanings of idioms, and then answer questions with them. ☕️ Coffee Break Chat: Dev Team Participants: Liam (Senior Dev) and Maya (Junior Dev) Liam: Hey Maya, how was your weekend? You look a little quiet. Maya: Hey Liam. It was okay. Honestly, I’m feeling…
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Intonation Practice 2: Interviewing
Practice intonation with an interview for a software developer position. Pause when you see a / and stress the words in bold print. Stress can change depending on what you want to emphasize in the moment. These are suggestions. 💻 The Interview: Software Developer Interviewer (I): “Hi Maria, thanks for coming in today. / I’m…
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Intonation Practice
Practice intonation with a conversation between software developers. Pause when you see a / and stress the words in bold print. 💻 Conversation: The Urgent Bug Alex: Hey Ben, / did you see the JIRA ticket that just came in? / Apparently, the checkout flow is completely broken on production. Ben: Seriously? / I just…
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Business Casual: Idioms 4
Here’s a great interview conversation. Review it to understand the meanings of idioms, and then answer questions with them. Software Developer Interview: Mid-Level Role Interviewer (Maria): Thanks for coming in, Liam. Tell me about a time you encountered a significant technical challenge that felt completely novel. Candidate (Liam): Honestly, Maria, after working in this industry…
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Business Casual: Idioms 3
Review the conversation between software developers. Then understand the meanings of the idioms and answer questions with them. Get more English practice at speakmethodpro. ☕ Coffee Break Chat Sarah: “Mark, I heard we just landed the massive ‘Nexus Project.’ We’re going to need to hit the ground running next Monday if we want to meet…
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Business Casual: Idioms 2
Review the conversation on Sprint Planning. Then understand the meanings of the idioms and answer questions with them. Sprint Planning: The Feature That Won’t Behave Characters: (The team is in a video conference.) Alex: Alright team, let’s look at the “Universal User Sync” feature. We’re hitting the last few days of the sprint. Ben, where…
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Business Casual with Idioms
Review the business conversation with idioms. Then understand their meanings and answer questions with them. Project Strategy and Acquisition Talk Setting: A mid-day meeting between Alex (VP of Strategy) and Ben (Head of R&D). Alex: Thanks for meeting, Ben. I want to shift our focus to the big picture for Q4. Project Firefly is moving…
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