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We hope you are enjoying the beginnings of a crisp and refreshing fall season!
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Our New Monthly Feature: Malaprops and Verbal Missteps!
We have all done it! Regardless of whether or not English is our first language, sometimes what comes out of our mouths isn't what we intended.
Malapropisms
noun /ˈmæl ə prɒpˌɪz əm/
Definition: an amusing error that occurs when a person mistakenly uses a word that sounds like another word but that has a very different meaning.
Each month we will collect some examples. Please send in any that you hear!
"Obama Steaks" (Omaha Steaks)
"I heard her over-talking about..." (I overheard her talking.)
"It was straight from the mouth of the horse." (It was straight from the horse's mouth.)
Gloria, in Modern Family, is a master of mispronunciation and malapropisms. This clip captures both the humor and the frustrations of non-native English communication.
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Medical Products Sale
Dr. Gerry Whelan, former director of the Acculturation Program for IMGs at ECFMG and currently a consultant for Career Assistance for Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals, reviewed our medical communication materials. Here is an excerpt of his comments:
"Your material provides very high quality resources for properly qualified and motivated students to use toward mastery of American medical English. You are to be commended for the obvious diligence that you have expended in developing them. I would certainly give them my highest recommendation."
We are offering a 15% discount on all medical products for the remainder of October. Just use the code: MEDICALLY SPEAKING when ordering Medically Speaking: Accent Modification for the Medical Profession, The Medically Speaking Inventory, Medically Speaking RULES, and/or Medically Speaking Idioms. Check them out
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Pronunciation Tips Video
Here's a video some of you teachers will enjoy to see an interesting approach to teaching the pronunciation of vowels and consonants.
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Great Videos
Each month we are featuring a video. Thanks to Carolyn Samuels at the McGill Writing Centre at McGill University for sharing this video. It's good to see the light-hearted side of physicians and scientists, besides what we see in Grey's Anatomy!

Carolyn will receive a $15 ESL RULES voucher for a future purchase. Keep sending in your videos!
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