One-Word-A-Day (OWAD) - Language Learning Facemaker - Facial Perception Paradoxing - Counter-Intuitive Thinking and Communication Cultural Confusions - global communication is a rich source of opportunity, but also confusion

		One-Word-A-Day (OWAD) - Language Learning Research A free e-mail service to systematically improve professional English wordpower. The OWAD site also offers a wordpower test and insights into critical translation mistakes. www.owad.de
		Facemaker - Facial Perception Research Look at the moon, look at clouds, look at the swirling wood grain or a walnut tabletop. You’ll see faces, perhaps fantastical and surrealistic, sometimes animal-like or strangely human. We are deeply programmed to recognize and evaluate faces. The development of facial awareness gives us a stronger grasp of the image that drives us, and how we are perceived by others. www.paradoxing.com/facemaker
		The Power of Paradox - Counter-Intuitive Thinking and Communication Webster’s dictionary defines paradox as "a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true". The word itself comes from the Greek para and doxa meaning "beyond belief". Paradox is a powerful tool through which to stimulate innovation, resolve conflict, or to trigger organizational or personal change. “Paradoxing” involves the deliberate use of counter-intuitive methods... www.paradoxing.com
		Cultural Confusions - global communication is a rich source of opportunity, but also confusion “The main problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place” (Abraham Maslow) Errors of German speakers - here is the visual introduction to some rather embarrassing translation mistakes www.owad.de/book “Britain and America are a single country divided by a common language” (Oscar Wilde) US vs. UK - it's not only German speakers who have linguistic challanges. Just fill out this form for a free checklist of British-American misunderstandings: first name: last name: e.mail address: