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Business Builder: Build your business English vocabulary at your level
This is not sponsored, I am just sharing my advice with you. If you would like to improve your Business English vocabulary in your own time, I recommend Bill Mascull’s Business Vocabulary in Use series.
Business Builder: Phrasal Verbs for Business
The English language has a huge vocabulary, but day to day phrasal verbs are the most common way of describing business activities. Get to grips with these phrasal verbs to improve your Business English communication.
Business Builder: Business Verbs #2
Welcome to Business Builder! I will help you increase your Business English vocabulary so that you can communicate with your colleagues more confidently and effectively. Let’s look at each of these verbs in a sentence, and with a definition:
Business Etiquette in the English-speaking world
You may find that working in the English-speaking world is a little different to your home country. There are social guidelines to follow to get along well with your English-speaking colleagues. These differ slightly from country to country, but for today’s examples I will be talking about British English working etiquette.
Business Builder: How to say no politely
The British have a special way of saying “no” extremely politely. One thing to remember when doing business in English, is to soften your “no’s” carefully.
Business Builder: Work Life Balance
We have all been there. That place where you realise that you have to choose between your employers (people who pay you), and your health. It can be our mental health, or our physical health, or in my case, both.
Business Builder: Practice your listening skills with 5 Business English podcasts
If you want to improve your Business English, you will find that general conversation does not really help. This is because we use specific, and often advanced, vocabulary and grammar for business.
Business Builder 02: Saying “Thank you”
It can help to build relationships in the work environment to thank those who help you in your business. Let’s look at some different ways to so this.
Business Builder: Business Verbs #1
Improve your Business English vocabulary using these common verbs:
Provide – Make something available for others
Receive – You get something from someone else
Ten quick tips to improve your academic and report writing in English
It’s normal to focus on WHAT you are saying when you are speaking a second language, and not so much on how you say it. There are some differences to how we write in academic or business English, and how we write in casual English. Here are some quick tips to help you on your way