Think Big - English for Architects with Tara Cull

In this short episode, I wanted to briefly discuss how you can learn phrasal verbs and expressions more efficiently using some examples from my conversation with Vanessa Paisley in Episode 5.  In this episode, I discuss some phrasal verbs and expressions and you'll then be able to hear them in the context in the next episode: Episode 5. I wanted to take this opportunity to explain in more detail how you can learn expressions and phrasal verbs in context. 

I discuss: 

✨ How to learn expressions and phrasal verbs 

✨ How to be brave and clarify if you're not sure 

✨ Some example expressions ✨ How sometimes it's not what you say but how you say it 

✨ What Neuroscience tells us about attention and how you can use this to focus your learning so it's more efficient and effective. 

Books and Resources: 

📚 Livewired, David Eagleman 

💻 Blog Post: How to Dramatically Improve Your Speaking to Give an Engaging Presentation  

Recommended episodes: Episode 5: How to Thrive as a Cross Culture Communicator: Overcoming Culture Shock and Communicating More Effectively Across Cultures with Vanessa Paisley 

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-develop-your-intercultural-awareness-to-communicate-more-effectively-across-cultures 

Episode 1: How to Build Your English Confidence: for Architects and Built Design Professionals 

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-build-your-english-confidence-for-architects-and-built-design-professionals 

✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archienglishteacher 

✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull 

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript: 

https://www.archienglish.com/post/3-easy-ways-you-can-learn-phrasal-verbs-and-expressions-more-efficiently 

Want to Learn More Expressions and Vocabulary in Context? If you feel like you want to understand more about the expressions and language you hear your colleagues using at work or your professors using at university or the people around you using, then you can sign up for the vocabulary email. I send an email each month with examples of phrasal verbs I've heard or used in my real conversations or emails with architects, clients and others in the industry.   Take me to the Signup www.archienglish.com/vocabulary

In this episode, I spoke to Australian architect and interior designer Fiona Dunin from FMD Architects about her Melbourne-based practice.

Fiona is an architect who trained initially as an interior designer. She speaks about how this training has helped her and her practice to hone in on the interior details seeing them as just as necessary as the overall design of spaces.

In today's episode, I wanted to know more about how Fiona and her team use storytelling in the design process, as it's something that stood out to me as being important to their work.

We also discuss:

✨ Her background in interior design

✨ How she feels about 3D modelling and the ways she communicates the design to the client

✨ Persuading clients and challenging the brief

✨ Working with consultants

At the end of the episode, I ask Fiona to give her top tips about communication, and I share some expressions you could try when you want to challenge the brief.

If you would like to find out more about Fiona Dunin and her practice, FMD Architects, you'll find images for all the building we discussed on the episode page as well all on the FMD Architects website.

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript:

http://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-use-storytelling-to-connect-to-your-clients-with-fiona-dunin-fmd-architects

Recommended episodes:

Episode 1: How to Build Your English Confidence: for Architects and Built Design Professionals

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-build-your-english-confidence-for-architects-and-built-design-professionals

Episode 2: What Does it Mean to Think Like an Architect? How to be more innovative & Creative

https://www.archienglish.com/post/why-its-important-to-know-your-value

✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archienglishteacher

✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull

Knowing what you value is important as a designer but how can we connect to them?  In Episode 2, I mentioned the book - Think Like an Architect by Randy Deutsch and today I'll share 6 important lessons from his book as well as 1 quote of my own to help you think more critically and develop creative and collaborative thinking skills as well as up-levelling your architectural English.   

I discuss: 

✨ Why it's important to be connected to what you value as a designer  

✨ 6 quotes from Think Like an Architect, Randy Deutsch 

✨ 1 quote from a famous architect that has helped to shape my values  

✨ At the end of the episode, I share some examples of metaphors 

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript: https://www.archienglish.com/post/what-does-it-mean-to-think-like-an-architect 

Recommended episodes:  

Episode 1: How to Build Your English Confidence: for Architects and Built Design Professionals  

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-build-your-english-confidence-for-architects-and-built-design-professionals 

Episode 3: How to use storytelling to connect to your clients - Fiona Dunin, FMD Architects 

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-use-storytelling-to-connect-to-your-clients-with-fiona-dunin-fmd-architects  

Books and Resources Mentioned 

📚 Think Like an Architect, Randy Deutsch   

📚 The Culture Map, Erin Meyer   

🎥 Alastair Parvin  Architecture for the People By the People  

🎥 ArchiMarathon Critical Thinking in Architecture, What, Why and How   

🎥 Sarah Goldhagen  Metaphors We Live In  

✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archienglishteacher 

✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull 

Ready to take action:  Ready to start making a BIG impact on your English & building the architecture career you want?   You know it's time to make a change and you've got to start somewhere. In the evaluation and action plan, you will get my best tips so you stop the self-doubt and start taking action now. Take me to the action plan

Welcome to Think Big - I'm your host, Tara Cull, Neurolanguage coach®, English teacher, and landscape architect. And I'm bringing all these passions and interests together to help people in the built design profession, who speak English as a second language, to build outstanding communication skills, to help them find their voice and to speak up. In the very first episode of the Think Big Podcast, I explain the podcast project that I've been working on for the last few months, who I am and how you can use the podcast to help you as an architecture professional trying to advance and uplevel your English. I wanted to summarise what you might expect as a listener of the podcast. 

I discuss: 

✨ A little more about me and my story and how I coach architects and built design professionals 

✨ The topics we will discuss in future episodes 

✨ How you can start by thinking about how your life might be different when the language comes to you more naturally so that you can set realistic priorities 

✨ 5 things you can do to be an independent learner; and 

✨ We address a dilemma I've come across quite often over the last 18 months of my coaching: 

✨ At the end of the episode, I share some expressions with the word place. 

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript Podcast show notes: How to Build Your English Confidence: for Architects and Built Design Professionals (Think Big Ep1) 
https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-build-your-english-confidence-for-architects-and-built-design-professionals

Recommended Episodes:

Episode 2: Why it's Important to Know Your Values & How to Apply Creative, Critical Thinking  https://www.archienglish.com/post/why-its-important-to-know-your-values 

Episode 3: How to use storytelling to connect to your clients - Fiona Dunin, FMD Architects https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-use-storytelling-to-connect-to-your-clients-with-fiona-dunin-fmd-architects 

✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archienglishteacher 

✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull 

Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice? 

Ready to start making a BIG impact on your English & building the architecture career you want? You know it's time to make a change and you've got to start somewhere. In the evaluation and action plan, you will get my best tips so you stop the self-doubt and start taking action now. Take me to the action plan. 

Hello Big thinkers, welcome to Think Big - English for Architects. I'm your host, Tara Cull - Neurolanguage® coach, ESL Teacher and Landscape Architect.

I help architecture professionals who speak English as a second language to build outstanding communication skills to find their voice & speak up.

Architecture and the built environment transcend many disciplines. So to think like an architect, we need to explore the intersections. This can be overwhelming when English is your second language. If you find general English classes don’t help you improve, then this podcast is for you because we’ll be exploring language in the context of architecture.

It's so much more than just learning general business English.

We'll explore topics such as: 

• Exploring the disciplines while also understanding the parts of the language we use the most
• Discussing communication skills
• The language of presenting and clearly communicating ideas
• Discussing architectural projects
• Cultural differences and how they impact language and design
• Jargon
• Interview preparation
• Speaking to clients 

You'll also hear several interviews with architects, landscape architects, consultants and professionals practising in the world of architecture.

You can subscribe everywhere the show is available, and if you enjoy what you hear, please share it.

Find out more about me and my work at ArchiEnglish at www.archienglish.com