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I'm a middle aged British man and IT professional, hoping to relocate to France. English is my native language, but I am teaching myself French and want to be fluent by June 2016. Joining italki will give me the opportunity to practice my written and spoken French with native French speakers who want to learn English..
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    Gender equality

    Can we really achieve gender equality notably, in the work place? Is this objective sound or simply political  correctness? 

    Indeed men and women are created equal and should be paid equally if they perform the same job. However, very often women are paid less than men. If this discrepancy can be explained by cultural aspects, for instance there are more men in certain trades such as engineering, these cultural differences can’t explain all wage gaps. It is very likely that either consciously or unconsciously women are being discriminated against. Lots of laws have tried over the years to address the issue but despite all best efforts and legislation, gender equality is still a far cry from reality.

    Furthermore, discriminating against women and more broadly against any other minority group has drawbacks for the economy and the interest of companies. Indeed, in order to thrive, companies should recruit the best employees and financial reward is a key tool in order to attract the most gifted workers. Since there are as many gifted women (and more broadly among any minority group) as there are among white men, companies should hire as many women as men and pay them equally in order to attract as many gifted people as possible.

    All ethical issues aside, I think that it is in the interest of companies not to discriminate against women or minorities because they will be able to lure the best employees and benefit from their skills.

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    February 3, 2016
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    Mon plan de s'exprimer couramment en français pour 2016 Après avoir passé les dernières années comme un soignant à plein temps de s'occuper d'un être cher qui a eu un AVC en leur laissant paralysé. Je ne pouvais pas sortir et socialiser, parce qu'être un soignant voulait dire que je devais être disponible 24 heures par jour, 365 jours par année. Au cours de l'heure entre se laver, aller aux toilettes, médicamenter, performing speach, physiothérapie, massage, le nettoyage de la maison et d'administration, je me suis enseigné d'écrire et de parler français à un niveau intermédiaire, à l'aide d'un mélange de texte livres, cassettes audio et les ressources gratuites en ligne comme Http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/. Toutefois, j'ai constaté que je manque la confiance de parler le français dans des conversations fluides. Je peux comprendre l'essentiel de la conversation, mais la plupart du temps, la vitesse à laquelle l'autre personne parle me laisse perplexe. Je écouter http://tunein.com/radio/France-Info-1055-s9948/ et trouver cette fonction utile l'avoir sur en arrière-plan pendant la journée. Maintenant que mon bien-aimé un seul est mort, j'ai décidé que 2016 sera l'année je retourner au travail au sein de la technologie de l'information et rejoignez gratuitement les classes de conversation en français ordinaire bon marché à Londres. Je vais compléter ce à l'aide de conversations sur skype pour aider ma confiance. Je serais heureux si quelqu'un peut corriger les erreurs grammaticales. Merci
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    First lesson

    Today I began my first English lesson.


    I studied English at school many years ago, but I was never interested since then.

    Now I want to learn English for my job. I have many friends all around the world and to make this work I need to study and improve my English.


    It is for this reason that I have asked my boss to use my "training hours" to start training in English and today I did my first two hours with my personal teacher. She shocked my brain and I had to start the lesson as if I was a kid.


    Today I understood that I must converse in English, but I don't know how to SPEAK in English.


    It was my first lesson and I have 39 more at a maximum, to learn the English language.


    I hope my future messages will be better than this first one.


    Thanks for read me and thanks for corrections.


    Good evening to you all.

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    February 3, 2016
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