Interview (5-3) 

 

And I’m Jenny Silver.

Welcome to Business English for Global Competence.

 

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Words and Phrases

 

 

Informed: Educated. Having sufficient information to make a decision, having knowledge about something. Informed decisions are decisions that are made with plenty of information. For example, she did lots of research and got a second opinion in order to make an informed decision about her treatment.

 

Rigorous: "Rigorous" is an adjective that can mean "accurate or precise as well as disciplined, rigid and rule-abiding." Mr. Nelson mentioned rigorous liberal arts education which would be very strict, precise and detailed.

 

Far transfer: A "far transfer" is the transfer of knowledge between contexts that are not similar. The opposite of this is "near transfer", which is the transfer of knowledge between similar contexts. Mr. Nelson describes "far transfers" as an ability to take something that you learnt in one context and be able to apply it in another.  

 

Metacognitive: 自分をより高い視点から認知すること

"Metacognition" is an awareness and understanding of your own thought processes and the patterns behind them. An example of "metacognition" is learning about the ways that help you remember people's names.

 

Transferable skill: "Transferable skills" are also known as portable skills because you can use them in many different situations. Some examples of transferable skills are teamwork, leadership and communication. These are useful skills in many different jobs.

 

Non-existent: Not existing, does not exist. There is usually an implication that it should exist or that it's surprising that it doesn't exist. For example, in many high schools, coding classes were non-existent until recently. So programmers learned on their own or went to special schools.

 

Strive to～: To work hard to achieve or obtain something, to try very hard to make something happen especially if that goal is hard or takes a long time to complete. For example, our company strives to have a positive impact on the environment and reduce waste.

 

 

 

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