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May 26, 2015
Dep. FM Tzipi Hotovely (video)
as Deputy Foreign Minister with no Minister above her (at this point), I think Hotoveli should take some English lessons to polish up her control of the language. She isn't bad here, even pretty decent, but it got a bit painful to hear her. Her English is good enough that she could make it a bit more fluid.
Her spoken English was great in the video when she looks up from the page and speaks freely. And I wish her many years successfully running the Foreign ministry.
The problem seems to be that the speechwriter used phrases that don't come naturally to her, and she had trouble reading them clearly. She needs to either speak without a script, or to get a speechwriter who writes they way she speaks.
Her English isn't good. I would advise her, unlike your advice, to speak only in Hebrew. She ought to have stuck with Hebrew and let the curious ask for English subtitles.
Her spoken English was great in the video when she looks up from the page and speaks freely. And I wish her many years successfully running the Foreign ministry.
ReplyDeleteThe problem seems to be that the speechwriter used phrases that don't come naturally to her, and she had trouble reading them clearly. She needs to either speak without a script, or to get a speechwriter who writes they way she speaks.
Her English isn't good. I would advise her, unlike your advice, to speak only in Hebrew. She ought to have stuck with Hebrew and let the curious ask for English subtitles.
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