English Training: Step one in communication.
Identify.
Questions and imperatives:
Who are you? What is your name? Identify. Show me your I.D.
English Training: Step two in communication
Master the questions
Game: Guess Who?
Is it a man or a woman? She is a woman.
Does she have glasses? No, she does not.
Does she have blonde hair? No, she does not.
Does she have a hat? Yes, she does.
Who is it?
Maria
Computers – Log on – Username and Password
English Training; Step three – What is your I.Q.?
Apart from it being the short form for intelligence quotient, which is the measure of a person’s reasoning ability, in communication the I.Q. means —
I – stands for Identify
Q – Qualify, Qualify, Qualify
For example, my name is Vincent. I am from Toronto Canada. I have several university degrees and certificates and I have been a journalist and a language consultant for many years.
When a police officer approaches you in the USA, and ask you for identification, must you provide him/her with I.D.? Know when to identify yourself. In most cases, when an American officer approaches you for a street check, if you are an American citizen, you do not have to show the police your I.D. or answer any questions. But expect a confrontation, a heated exchange and threats of an arrest or worse.