Its our 4th anniversary and to celebrate, were bringing back one of our most popular podcasts as voted for by you, the listeners. Weve freshened up the examples and explanations, and we hope youll enjoy this new version. When youre making an argument...
Welcome to the second part of our Business English Pod series on how to support your position or argument in meetings. Our friend Jack is giving an update on the Costa Rican project. Dan is against the idea, because as production manager, he doesnt w...
In the final episode of our three-part series on supporting your position in meetings, we look at language used to make your statements more persuasive. Jack is going to summarize his proposal for the move to Costa Rica and hopes to get a final recom...
How do you conduct your meetings? Face-to-face, on the phone, by videoconference or maybe even using VOIP/Skype? Well, now there is a new way virtual meetings, or meetings where participants are represented by computer generated characters. Listen to...
In this Business English Podcast were going to listen to a teleconference between the head office management of a US guitar manufacturer and the manager of their new Latin American plant. Key language structures explained are: diplomatic language and...
In this intermediate Business English Pod lesson, we look at ways to give and ask for opinions. Well be looking at the formal (or careful) language often used in meetings, as well as the more informal (or direct) language used in casual discussions....
This Business English Podcast episode is the first part in a two-part series looking at agreeing and disagreeing. In these two episodes, well be practicing different levels of agreement and disagreement, from weak to strong. Appropriate agreement and...
In the previous episode (BEP 28) of this 2 part series, we looked at expressing agreement. We practiced four ways of agreeing: Using standard phrases, using synonyms, giving an example and making a general comment. In this Business English Podcast, w...
Todays intermediate Business English Podcast is part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions. In this episode, were focused on the language used to introduce your ideas and make suggestions. The dialog takes place at a spo...
This Business English podcast is the second part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions. In the first episode, we looked at how to make suggestions. In this episode, well cover appropriate ways to reject and accept sugges...
In this Business English Podcast lesson we take another look at the language used to suggest and discuss ideas in meetings and teleconferences. Well also provide further language for diplomatic disagreement and agreeing action points at the end of th...
This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast series on clarifying. To clarify means to make clear. Today well look at phrases and skills for clarifying what was said. For example, I didnt quite catch that. Could you say that again? This i...
In BEP 34, we talked about clarifying what was said , for example, What did you just say? I didnt catch that. In todays Business English Pod lesson, well look at clarifying what was meant, for example, What do you mean by that? or What Im trying to s...
This is the first in a two-part intermediate Business English Podcast lesson on opening and managing meetings. In this episode, well look at how to open a meeting. In the second part (BEP 43) well look at language you can use to manage the discussion...
This is the second in our two-part intermediate Business English Podcast series on opening and managing meetings. In the first episode, we looked at how to open a meeting. In todays podcast lesson were going to cover how to manage the discussion. Mar...
