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Hello all, and welcome!

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Greetings from Ghana School on Internet Governance, www.ghanasig.org

Hello everyone

Good morning.

Please share any feedback about your challenges here, and I will track them to develop a word cloud at the end of the webinar.

I think an issue for me is “tone”, as in “getting the precise tone across.”

#Vocabulary

And also #Tone

putting the right words

sentence length and structure for me

speaking without fear

writing how I speak

vocabulary

transitional words to use moving from one concept to another or from one paragraph to another

That’s E.B. White and William Strunk Jr’s Elements of Style

(Yes, the same E.B. White who wrote Charlotte’s Web!)

I'm back online

Please do send the slides, or say where can be accessed

Hello, Vrikson, I emailed the slides to the list yesterday

(NCUC List)

Vrikson, I will send the slides to you now.

Thanks @Maryam :)

All the stated mistakes are also made by native English speakers

Absolutely, Vriskson! These are solid writing tips for improving writing in English for everyone.

Wondering why ICANN organization is lowercase o

Community too

How do African's express themselves in communication. I'd like to hear your opinion like the Russian example

We do tend to say a log

*lot

Yes, I noticed that my Latin American tendencies are quite close to what I saw in some African colleagues in IG.

So much background information, mostly because our languages are so filled with justifications

It would have been nice to know how Anglophone Africans express themselves especially Nigerians. But it's fine.

Yes, do send those exercises, as they should be useful

@Caleb, we your West African neighbours easily identify our Nigerian siblings from their accent and how they pronounce certain words (-_-)

I’ve a comment if that’s OK. Hoping my audio will work

Does it matter writing in first person or second person or third person view when you write formally?

>>>smiles..... Anyway this webinar is for non-English speaker. Let's be quiet :))D

really great content

Does it matter writing in first person or second person or third person view when you write formally?

I also have my hand up (:

great content

how long does it take you for being fluent in english

Most formal content should be written in third person.

Hi Benjamin! First person tends to be informal, but in a lot of cases, it may be necessary to use first person to explain a scenario — using I statements can also diffuse tension, so while second and third person may be preferable for formal writing, I wouldn’t say it’s a hard and fast rule.

and for a resume?

Hi Muriel! Everyone is different so I it depends a lot on context, but more practice definitely increases skills at a faster pace.

Thank you @Alex and @Betsy

👍🏾

Exactly Bruna!

You’re welcome Benjamin!

That’s a great point, Bruna

Very good webinar. Thank you!

haha

true!

thank you, it was great

thank you

Thank you, it was a great class.

Thank you all for being here and Alex for such good presentation!

Thank you, all!

Thank you

Thank you, the webiner has been very useful

I’ll check Elements of Style

thanks!

thank you

Thank you for attending the meeting.

thank you everyone