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Genpact – Martin Dunstone

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:52:36 +0000

Genpact has an excellent working relationship with CEDS. They combine international knowledge and diverse experience in an organization flexible enough to respond and adapt to any requests that are made. In all situations we have found them to be responsive and always willing to take the extra step to ensure we are satisfied with services provided. We have showcased CEDS products to Genpact colleagues around the globe and have never failed to impress them with the professionalism of the products.

—Martin Dunstone (Genpact Guatemala)

Testimonial -Alejandro Estrada

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:44:57 +0000

I really like CEDS’ methodology. Very professional, they adapt the content to your work area, and they are very flexible with the schedules. They focus to help you improve your English communication skills.

—Alejandro Estrada (Hilton Princess Central America)

CEDS English tip 8th Feb 2010

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:38:05 +0000

CEDS English Tip Of The Day:

A comma (,) separates a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g. “This coffee is good, don’t you think?”).

English tip 4th February 2010

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:55:44 +0000

When writing a formal letter and you don’t know the recipient, use either “Dear Sir or Madam” or “To Whom it may concern”.

English tip 3rd February 2010

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:28:00 +0000

Repeat new words out loud several times when you hear them for the first time.

English tip 2nd February 2010

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:24:09 +0000

Don’t use “The” in front of days of the week (e.g. “We will meet on the Wednesday”). The correct way is simply “We will meet on Wednesday”.

English tip 1st February 2010

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:26:34 +0000

When talking about age you use the verb “to be” (e.g. “I AM 39 years old” or “She IS 16 years old”).

English tip 29th January

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:13:50 +0000

Read English stories and articles. There are many free blogs and newspapers online.

SEGEPLAN Scholarships announced

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:44:39 +0000

The Guatemalan government’s scholarship division, SEGEPLAN, has just announced that a series of scholarships will be awarded to encourage young Guatemalans to improve their English skills.

The program was originally designed by CEDS, CIAV and IBA, and the three companies will be responsible for implementation and execution of the language training.

In the first round, which just opened for applications, 2000 scholarship will be offered with the possibility of extending this to more in the future.

CEDS will be delivering participant assessments using our CEDS Diagnostics language assessment tool, to determine at what level participants should enter the program.

Click here to read more about the scholarships and SEGEPLAN on the official website.

English tip Jan 28th

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:53:21 +0000

The Simple Present Tense can be used to describe things you do every day (e.g. “I work every day from 7 to 4.”).