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2. Basic English - Wikipedia

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   Basic English (a backronym for British American Scientific International and Commercial English) [1] is a controlled language based on standard English, but with a greatly simplified vocabulary and grammar. It was created by the linguist and philosopher Charles Kay Ogden as an international auxiliary language, and as an aid for teaching English ...

3. 25 Conversation Starters to Get (and Keep!) Someone's Attention

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   These are some conversation starters that can help you share more about yourself and bond with the person you’re talking to: The strangest thing happened to me today… [unusual incident] I ...

4. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language.This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts.. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English – a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to ...

5. Cognitive academic language proficiency - Wikipedia

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   Cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) is a language-related term developed by Jim Cummins which refers to formal academic learning, as opposed to basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS). [1] In schools today, the terms BICS and CALP are most frequently used to discuss the language proficiency levels of students who are in the ...

6. 19 Communication Techniques to Add to Your Arsenal - Healthline

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   Make eye contact. Meeting someone’s gaze in a conversation can show your interest in what they have to say. It also conveys a sense of openness and honesty. Looking someone in the eye suggests ...

7. Cooperative principle - Wikipedia

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   Cooperative principle. In social science generally and linguistics specifically, the cooperative principle describes how people achieve effective conversational communication in common social situations—that is, how listeners and speakers act cooperatively and mutually accept one another to be understood in a particular way.