{"id":9810,"date":"2014-12-03T12:35:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T11:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/?p=9810"},"modified":"2018-06-06T12:29:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T10:29:33","slug":"brainstorming-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/de\/brainstorming-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Brainstorming in English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-367sjm-07fbb2e8a5cd89f0e730db6fea8189a5\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-367sjm-07fbb2e8a5cd89f0e730db6fea8189a5{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-367sjm-07fbb2e8a5cd89f0e730db6fea8189a5 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Contributing ideas in English is a common problem for both native and non-native speakers of English. Brainstorming requires you to speak spontaneously and multi-task which can be both stressful and demanding &#8211; especially in a foreign language. Participants often have to listen to a lot of people speaking at the same time which can push listening and language skills to the limit. However, brainstorming also gives you a chance to solve problems, listen to new ideas and also develop your team &#8211; so don\u2019t avoid them if you\u2019re worried about getting stuck or your English failing you.\u00a0 The following phrases look at some of the most common language you can use when brainstorming to avoid getting stuck.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Phrases for brainstorming<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0Identifying objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Let\u2019s define today\u2019s objective.<\/li>\n<li>Do we agree on the goal of the session?<\/li>\n<li>So today we are\u2026..<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s first describe our aims of the session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<strong>Making suggestions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How about we\u2026?<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s try\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Why don\u2019t we\u2026?<\/li>\n<li>Why not try this?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<strong>Recording ideas<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Let\u2019s put that on the board.<\/li>\n<li>Can we note that down?<\/li>\n<li>Could we stick that idea to the wall?<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s post that on the flip chart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Analyzing contributions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Let\u2019s look more closely at\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Can we summarize these ideas together?<\/li>\n<li>How about evaluating idea 1?<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s talk about the advantages and disadvantages of \u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Using fillers (to give you more space to think)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I wonder\u2026..<\/li>\n<li>Hmmm, that\u2019s interesting.<\/li>\n<li>Let me think for a moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0More on meetings<\/h2>\n<p>Our blog authors have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/de\/tag\/meetings-de\/\" target=\"_blank\">plenty to share! <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also have a number of seminars that might be of interest to you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/facilitating-meetings-and-workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facilitating meetings and workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/participating-in-meetings-with-confidence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Participating in meetings with confidence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/making-meetings-effective-in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Making meetings effective in English<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributing ideas in English is a common problem for both native and non-native speakers of English. Brainstorming requires you to speak spontaneously and multi-task which can be both stressful and demanding &#8211; especially in a foreign language. Participants often have to listen to a lot of people speaking at the same time which can push [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":9815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[33,106],"class_list":["post-9810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-english","tag-meetings","tag-teamwork"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brainstorming in English | Target Training GmbH<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These are some key English language tips for brainstorming in English. 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