EDITOR’s NOTE: This article is about multi-word English vocabulary, which is ECSC Thailand’s term for Business English vocabulary that contains more than one word – such as phrases, expressions, idioms, sentences, and questions.
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- English Plus is English communication skills training with soft-skills built in.
- Our services include: workshops, courses, executive coaching, and onsite consulting.
- The goal is to Activate the English inside Thai companies through role-plays and simulations.
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What Is “Multi-Word” English Vocabulary?
First of all, ECSC Thailand does things differently from other English language centers and schools in Thailand. We don’t teach grammar rules & regulations from a textbook with worksheets.
We teach vocabulary, ensure students understand how to use it, and let them do A LOT of speaking practice – which helps them develop not only communication skills, but business soft-skills, too.
The vocabulary that we teach is called multi-words because it contains more than one word. They are like “chunks” of language, as opposed to single-words of language.
For example:
- Single-word vocabulary: house / happy / help / hectare
- Multi-word vocabulary: Great job! / Have you checked your email? / I’m a customer service agent. / Do you have a sec?
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In our opinion, these multi-word chunks of language are a much better way for your employees to learn what to say and when to say it.
It is the way they learned Thai (or whatever their first language may be): They did not learn structure of sentences and questions and then learn single-word vocabulary to put into the structure. They just acquired what to say by hearing it and using it.
This way gives them confidence to speak, rather than shyness about whether they are saying the grammar correctly.
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"Multi-Word" English Vocabulary Training
This approach to English communication skills training gets your employees speaking right away.
For that reason alone it is a more efficient and effective way of training non-native English speakers to sound like native English speakers.
Your employees will be taught Business English vocabulary related to their jobs, and then allowed to practice using it in realistic role plays.
They learn by doing. And that allows them to ask and answer questions without first translating from Thai or building sentences in their mind word by word.
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"I could see that."
So, Person B would say the multi-word:
“I could see that.”
What your trainer has done here is highlight one meaning of the single-word vocabulary item “see” (imagine something is possible) to explain the multi-word vocabulary item “I could see that.”
Most non-native speakers would think “I could see that” has to do with their eyes and their vision, but it doesn’t. It has to do with their brain and imagination.
Please notice that we did not provide grammar structure like Subject + modal verb + V1, etc., to teach this valuable phrase.
We just taught the multi-word and explained its meaning and usage.
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Other Multi-Words Derived from "to see"
This list shows how many different ways to see can be used in Multi-Word English Vocabulary:
- “I could see that.” (to imagine something is possible)
- “Could I see that?” (to notice with one’s eyes)
- “That’s how I see it.” (to feel or have an awareness of)
- “See what I mean?” (to realize or come to an awareness of)
- “I see your point.” (to know or have a clear awareness of)
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