Business Builder: Business English for Banking
Business English is a passport (travel document) to the English-speaking world, and each sector (job area you work in) has different vocabulary, skills, and grammar. Let’s take a look at Business English for Banking.
Business Builder: Supporting Your Customers and Sounding Like You Care
You might be thinking, “Sounding like we care? Of course we care about our customers!” Let me ask you, when you are on the phone to customer services, listening to someone read the same script for the 3000th time, do you feel like the representative cares? I’m going to guess the answer is “no”.
Business Builder: Making Christmas Time Office Greetings Easy
I’m extremely happy to tell you that the modern workplace is a multicultural environment, which means most people have colleagues from other cultures and parts of the world. Wonderful! The problem is, that when it comes to Christmas time in a traditionally Christian country, people are not sure what to say.
Business Builder: Translations of Corporate Jargon
The most important part of speaking English is being understood, and that is especially important when you are speaking English for Business. There’s no point giving your team instructions in a language they don’t speak.
Business Builder: How to Make Reports More Interesting to Read in English
No matter how advanced your English is, it can be a real challenge to make paperwork interesting to read. It is especially difficult to do when English is your second language. So, I’m here to give you some very simple tips that will help you create paperwork people want to read.
Business Builder: Is My Business Contact in the USA / UK Being Impolite?
If you are a business person and you are experienced with talking to mostly British or American contacts, you might ask yourself this question sometimes: Are they being impolite to me?
Business Builder: Conditionals for Politeness
In many business cultures across the world, if you need something or want to offer something you can simply say, “I need this”…
Business Builder: Can I Learn Business English from a Book?
It is natural to want to improve your Business English skills with learning materials designed for your business. Unfortunately, there is a limit…
Business Builder: Good British English Job Interview Behaviour
How should you behave when your new boss could be British English?
Business Builder: Business English services for Cartoonists and Illustrators
My business, Wright English, offers two services designed especially for cartoonists, and illustrators…
Business Builder: Business English for Construction
As a construction worker or builder, you might think you don’t need excellent English…
Business Builder: New Job in England? Do NOT Bring Gifts!
Congratulations you have a new job in a new English-speaking culture. My first piece of advice is do not bring gifts with you!
Business Builder: Business English for Photography
Having a good eye for an exciting shot, a pleasing background or an eye-catching model is what you do best as a photographer. If only the art was the only thing you needed!
Business Builder: Business English for Maths Teachers / Professors
Mathematics as a field has highly specific terminology and processes…
Business Builder: Business English for Undertaking
As a non-native English speaker, you may find that your language skills lead to misunderstandings, or uncomfortable moments…
Business Builder: Business English for Professional Drivers
As a professional driver you may think that you don’t need excellent English, but if you want to be in control of …
Business Builder: Business English for the IT industry
A lot of my students want to improve their English for work, and what they really need is someone who understands their industry..
Business Builder: Cultural Awareness for Business
When working with employees from another culture the differences can be dramatic…
Business Builder: Phrasal Verbs for Business 3
Upgrade your Business English skills today with these phrasal verbs frequently used in English-speaking companies.
Business Builder: A Guide to Good Business Emails
Different cultures have different expectations of their business communication. Email etiquette (good behaviour) can vary significantly from country to country.