1. THE CBC LINK
Volume 1, No. 1
04 JUNE 2011
IN THIS ISSUE:
Cultivating Bilingual Communities!
100 Verbos mas usados 2 Welcome to The CBC Link!
10 Yourtube Video to watch! 2 At CBC our students always come first and we decided to launch our own newsletter directed at our
Difference between MAKE 2 student population to help them keep on track with their second language acquisition.
and DO Learning a new language is difficult to do by yourself, that is why The CBC Link will provide tips and
7 BRANDING Tips from Oprah 3 strategies to help you become more bilingual.
Winfrey
In this newsletter, we will run articles on current business trends, language trends, comparisons etc all
APPS TO BOOST EFFICIENCY 3 with the intention of helping you the reader become more proficient at speaking English. This newsletter
will in the future become a trilingual learning tool as in CBC we coach students in English, Spanish and
CBC SWOT is OUT 3 French.
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We also have very high hopes of
publishing bilingual contributions
from our students as CBC promotes
the development of new writers.
If you are interested in being a free-
lance columnist with us please send a
copy of your work to:
info@grupomaraj.com and we will
get in touch with you.
The CBC Link is looking for pieces
on tourism, new ideas in business,
networking, learning tools , inter-
views, personal stories of how you
became bilingual etc.
Grammar Tip: Hope you enjoy this first issue.
 Trabajamos in Spanish can
be translated into:
 I work / I worked.
NO MORE SPANGLISH IN THE OFFICE!
 Trabajamos todos los días.
Spanglish is killing our efficien- Incorrect- How many years do you son.
 I work everyday. cy in communication. have?
Incorrect– I no understand.
Spanglish can be fun with Correct- How old are you?
 Trabajamos ayer. friends and in a social setting Correct- I don’t understand.
because it is funny and can be Incorrect– I have much work. Incorrect– You have the report?
 We worked yesterday. hysterical at times but in the
Correct- I have a lot of work. (¿tienes el informe?)
OFFICE, spanglish is the ENE-
 This applies to ALL Spanish MY! Incorrect– This is for to send to Wil- Correct– Do you have the
verbs ending in –amos! Common spanglish errors to
son. report?
avoid: Correct- This is to send to Wil-

2. 100 Verbos mas usados en Ingles
These are the 100 change forget look succeed
Most used verbs in clean give lose swim
the English language. take
All semi-bilingual comb go make/do
complain have need talk
students should
memorize and learn cough hear open teach
these to help them count hurt tell
better their day to close/shut think
cut know
day communication organize translate
dance learn
and comprehension pay travel
draw
in English. play try
drink
put turn off
accept drive
allow eat
If everyone could learn another rain turn on
ask explain language there would be no war. read type
reply
believe fall From Sophie’s World. run
understand
borrow fill use
say wait
break find
see wake up
bring finish
sell want
buy fit leave
send watch
can/be able fix listen
sign work, worry & write.
cancel fly live
sing
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The difference between MAKE and DO
Make is used for things that you create,  John is making a  Can you make me a
build or innóvate from scratch. new design for his sándwich? (creating sand-
new house. wich.)
Do is used for repetitive o routine  Anna is redoing  I am doing dinner.
exercises. (redecorando) her (it is routine to prepare
EXAMPLES: apartment. dinner)
 She is making a baby.  We need to make a  I am making love.
decisión.
 The doctor is doing an ultra- Email us at The CBC  I am doing home-
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3. VOLUME 1, NO. 1
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Oprah Winfrey’s 7 tips for Branding
After 4,560 shows, the queen of day- the national spotlight is clear: transparency between you and your busi-
time television said goodbye to her and showed her view- ness offers a sense of trust to your customers.
legions of raving fans this ers that she was not
week. Nielson ratings virtually ex- afraid to take risks. 5. Get celebrities on your side. Besides the Oscars,
ploded for her last episode, which few events have generated the number of celeb-
generated over 18 million viewers. Few 3. Explore new verti- rity appearances than Oprah's surprise farewell.
other personalities have ever received cals. Winfrey started Part of Oprah's ability to generate support from
such fanfare for an exit, which got us her career in 1983 with celebrities has been her tell-it-like-is style of inter-
thinking: how do you build a brand like a gig hosting Chicago's viewing on her show. "You have given me love,
Oprah? low-rated WLS-TV's half support, wisdom and, most of all, the truth,"Maria
-hour morning talk Shriver told Oprah during the farewell episode.
Here's a few takeaways tips you can show, AM Chicago.
learn from Oprah's international suc- Since then, Oprah has 6. Become an influencer. Time magazine talked
cess. scaled her business into with Craig Garthwaite, a professor
new media verticals at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of
1. Give back to your fans. Like any including her epony- Management and a bona fide Oprah expert, about
great brand, Oprah has made her fans mous TV show, O: The Oprah's success at marketing. And just how big is
feel valued. In her "Oprah's Favorite Oprah Magazine (which her influence? "For example, the novel Anna
Things" segment, Winfrey has given launched in 2000), the Karenina sold 11,648 units in the 12 weeks before
away everything from camcorders, to OWN televi- inclusion in the Book Club," Garthwaite says. "In
croissants, to cars. A good lesson to Oprah Winfrey knows BRANDING! sion network the 12 weeks following inclusion, Anna Karenina
businesses that an unexpected surprise (founded in sold 643,122 units—a staggering increase of 5,421
for your customers can go a long way 2011), as well percent."
to gaining loyalty. as apps for
both her magazine and TV show. 7. Know when to quit. After 25 years, Oprah finally
2. Take risks and get attention. In 1988, Winfrey decided it was time to call it quits to focus on her
invited a group of neo-Nazis 4. Reveal your personal story. Some companies television network, OWN. The message is clear
from California to Chicagoto appear on her show. put up a shield to hide the entrepreneur from the enough for entrepreneurs: don't be afraid to end
Although Winfrey later said she regretted the brand: not Oprah. Though not every entrepreneur on a high note.
controversial decision, the move vaunted her into needs to share their entire life story, the message
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