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Interview in English: Vocabulary and basic expressions

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An interview in English can turn into a real hell. In fact, sometimes it already is if they do it in your own language. However, it is becoming more and more common to conduct interviews in English, not only when applying for a job abroad or in an international company, but also to really check if the "English medium level" of the CV is there for something more than usual. As we already told you in our post about business English or in our post about the importance of English in figures, more than 70% of job offers require a requirement to speak the language fluently, so learning to use English is an indispensable necessity to progress in our professional career. At BrainLang we are very practical English, so in addition to helping you pass a job interview in English, we have prepared this post for you with vocabulary and basic expressions that will surely help you. 💡Table of contents 📝 [ Hide ] 1 Useful vocabulary for an interview in English 2 Useful expressions for an int...

English mistakes made by Americans

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Herrera is one year! Cast the first stone who has never written a text – whatever type of text it is – and has not found one or more errors. We Brazilians, English learners, struggle to learn the spelling of English words. After all, it is totally different from Portuguese. So it's common for us to make a mistake in English here and there. To clear up the doubts, it's best to have a good English dictionary and see how the words are spelled. But, besides us Brazilians, do Americans – native English speakers – make any mistakes in English? What are the most common English errors among them? To the first question, the answer is a beautiful “YES”. Of course, they were! Making mistakes is normal! For the second question, keep reading the tip and you'll know what are the most common mistakes they make when writing something on the internet ( Facebook and Twitter, mainly ). 1. you're vs your Because of the identical pronunciation of these two words, it is very common to find s...