by Olivia Augustin | Dec 15, 2025 | Confidence & Fluency
Back in 2021, one of my engineers spotted a fancy microphone in the background during an online lesson. “Do you sing in your free time?” he asked. I do not. I mean, I sing. Who doesn’t? But I don’t record myself and then sit there listening to...
by Olivia Augustin | Nov 27, 2025 | Communication at Work
Staring at a blank email, watching the cursor blink, while a two-minute task turns into twenty? You’re not bad at English. You’re just missing a system. As an engineer, you’re used to structured thinking. So let’s apply that here. This article...
by Olivia Augustin | Nov 19, 2025 | Communication at Work
I need to tell you a funny story. A couple of weeks ago, I met with a new client for the first time. Let’s call him JJ—because he’s one cool dude. We talked about his background in engineering and his motivation to take additional English for Engineers...
by Olivia Augustin | Nov 12, 2025 | Confidence & Fluency
Most engineers don’t struggle with technical English for engineers because of bad grammar — they struggle because no one ever taught them the English that engineering work actually requires. This article covers what’s really going on, and three practical...
by Olivia Augustin | Nov 1, 2025 | Technical English
As a proud member of Generation X, I really don’t mind a text message written entirely in lower case, not even a capital letter after a full stop. But when a message arrives with no punctuation at all, no commas, no full stops, and definitely no semicolons,...
