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Business English is about more than begin able to speak English – it is about communicating your ideas in ways other people will want to listen to and accept. In this lesson we examine a basic way to change the structure of your sentence – not the meaning – so that it is softer and more acceptable in a work environment.

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This aa podcast covers common phrases people use when they are making presentations, especially one with a visual aid – a chart, PowerPoint slides or handouts. In this podcast, you will listen to Jennifer give a presentation and answer questions from her boss. She uses language to talk about the graphs she is presenting, language to direct people’s attention to what she’s talking about and terms to describe the graph itself.

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The dialogue in this lesson is between two colleagues after a long meeting or negotiation. In this dialogue you will hear new business vocabulary, language to invite someone out informally and language to try and persuade or convince someone to come if they say, “no” to your invitation. This is very common language that can be used between coworkers and friends

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In this podcast Scott and Jessica discuss “downtoning” or speaking diplomatically. Often there are things we want to and have to say but know that it might offend someone. If you are able to tone down your language and speak diplomatically, you’ll be able to express your ideas in a way that someone else will accept.

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Quite often during a meeting, things have a tendency to get off topic – people start to discuss things that are not on the agenda. In today’s Business English lesson we will listen as David leads a meeting. He works for a company that refurbishes office premises, and today’s meeting is to discuss progress on his project. But David’s staff have the habit of wandering off topic! David frequently has to try to get them back on track – not an easy thing to do.

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Today’s Business English mp3 lesson is about meetings. When you are leading a meeting, you might need to know how to ask people to join in, participate in the discussion, and make some contribution to the meeting. In the podcast today, we will listen to David as he leads a meeting and asks people to participate.

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In today’s Business English podcast we are continuing our appointments and meetings lessons. What do you say when you arrive for a meeting? What do receptionists say when a stranger walks into the office? Listen to the podcast, and find out when Helen arrives for her meeting with Mr. Smith.

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Quite often, the purpose of a meeting is to make a decision, or to get agreement from everyone. One of the ways to do this is to take a vote – to get everyone to give formal support to a course of action. In today’s Business English podcast, we will listen as Daniel leads a meeting, and everyone votes on where to hold the staff Christmas party…

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In today’s Business English podcast we are going to look at appointments, and how to cancel a meeting, or rearrange a meeting with someone. We are going to listen to Juliette as she calls David and tries to rearrange her appointment for a different time.

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If you are leading a meeting, you must know how to manage interruptions. In today’s Business English podcast we will listen to Kris as he chairs a meeting. Daniel keeps interrupting, so Kris has to deal with those interruptions – let’s listen to the phrases he uses….

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Today’s Business English mp3 lesson is about meetings. This podcast will focus on how to summarize at the end of the meeting, particularly if you are leading the meeting. We will listen to Juliette as she leads a meeting about new computers. She summarizes what has been said during the meeting, and then asks everyone to decide what they should do.

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Today’s Business English mp3 lesson is about meetings. Our focus is on the leader of the meeting, and the language they can use to end it. We will listen to David as he summarizes what has been said during the meeting, suggests a date and time for the next meeting, thanks everyone for coming, and finally closes the meeting.

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Today’s Business English lesson is about how to open a meeting, especially for when you are leading the meeting. We will listen to David as he welcomes everyone, introduces new people, makes apologies for people who aren’t at the meeting, and introduces the agenda.

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In today’s Business English lesson we are going to look at appointments, and how to arrange a meeting with someone. In the mp3, we will listen to Juliette and David on the telephone. Juliette is Mr. Dempster’s secretary, and she is calling David to make an appointment with her boss, Mr. Wallace. Mr. Wallace is a busy man though!

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In today’s Business English podcast we are going to look at appointments, and how to arrange a meeting with someone. In the mp3, we are going to listen to David and Juliette. Juliette is Mr. Tar’s secretary, and she is calling David to make an appointment with her boss, Mr. Spencer. Unfortunately, they both seem to be very busy men….

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Today’s Business English lesson is about appointments, and how to arrange an appointment to meet someone. In the podcast, Juliette is making a call to another company. She wants to make an appointment for her boss to have a meeting with Mr. Green. Unfortunately, Mr. Green is a very busy man!

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Today’s Business English lesson is about clarifying what you have said or what other people have said. To clarify means to make clear. Native English speakers often speak fast, and it can often be a bit difficult to understand everything that they are saying. We are going to look at some common phrases that are used to clarify what someone is saying. This way, feeling nervous about asking someone to repeat something when you didn’t understand will be a thing of the past.

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Today’s Business English podcast lesson is about teleconferencing, in particular closing a teleconference meeting. Juliette is just about to end a teleconference meeting with her colleagues. Listen to how she summarizes the results of the meeting, thanks everyone, and says goodbye.

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Today’s lesson is about making suggestions. To be a valuable part of any business team it is important to be able to give new ideas and suggestions to your coworkers. Today we are going to look at a couple different ways of doing this.

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Today’s Business English lesson is about interrupting people. Sometimes we need to interrupt, but it’s important to do it in a polite way. This lesson will teach you some language you need to interrupt and to stop someone from interrupting you.

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Today’s Business English lesson is about deadlines. In the business world we are constantly faced with deadlines. They are usually stressful, but they can help managers get the most out of their staff. Native English speakers have several different ways of talking about deadlines. We are going to look at some of them today.

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Today’s podcast lesson is about how to make a suggestion during a meeting. In business you want to be able to express your suggestions clearly and confidently without any misunderstandings and without accidentally offending someone. This lesson will help you to express yourself in a business meeting.

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Today’s Business English podcast is about ‘Closing Meetings’. The dialogue is in four parts: wrapping up, reminders, thank you’s and congratulations and follow-up.

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Today’s dialogue is about ‘Opening Meetings’. The dialogue is in five parts: small talk, welcome, introductions, roll call/apologies and objectives.

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