We were delighted to get a telephone call from David Bitton last month. David is an old (not in years) student who now regularly comes back to us for a boost in his English when business requires fluency for a new presentation to clients.
David is an actor, author and playwright based in Paris, who also heads a successful company providing communication training to people needing to convey a message in the global business world.
On this occasion he had to present his ideas to an important new client, to be followed up by a practical workshop... in English!
The first problem was that the English text had been translated from the French original by a computer. We all know the problems with computer language, so it was a 24-hour task for his teacher to work together correcting the mistakes as well as keeping the right meaning for the message he wanted to communicate.
The second problem was that David had only 2 days available to re-write his script and to practise!
We managed the first task, but had no time for the second. However the opportunity to socialise with us and his lovely hosts Sam and Andy helped him to find his oral fluency and read below what he said about the result ...
Celia, Sam and Gail
Many thanks for all these nice moments with you
….
We had a lot of success not only in our conference but also
in our workshops.
It was challenging but very interesting to meet people from
all around the world
Our client was very happy and we‘ve been rewarded with
applause :)
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| This time we forgot to take photos, but here is a sunny summer photo of David and Celia, taken on his first visit to Heritage English in 2010 |
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