
Develop job interview and resume skills with essential management and leadership vocabulary for marketing, sales, and networking. Learn direct, accomplish, guide, handle, and establish, plus gerund usage and collocations.
Learn key management and leadership vocabulary for job interviews and resumes, including attain, evaluate, collaborate, facilitate, and develop, with usage examples in business contexts.
Master essential business vocabulary for management and leadership, marketing and sales, networking, and job interviews. Explore how to use edit, assist, consult with, identify, and create with clear examples.
Learn key management and leadership vocabulary for job interviews and resumes, including verbs such as lead, initiate, coordinate, moderate, encourage, and manage, plus grammar notes on infinitives and direct objects.
Compare pre-intermediate and advanced answers to the what do you do question, illustrating use of present perfect and phrases like in charge of designing, developing and installing software solutions.
This lecture analyzes pre-intermediate and advanced answers to the interview question 'what are your career objectives for now?' highlighting growth toward a senior software engineer.
Compare pre-intermediate and advanced level responses to a common interview question about the most exciting project, showing how to upgrade answers with varied grammar and linking words.
Compare pre-intermediate and advanced job interview answers to 'what’s the biggest challenge,' highlighting learning to communicate with American customers and balancing technical qualifications with soft skills.
Learn how to craft formal business letter greetings by using dear, capitalizing names and titles like Mr., Mrs., and Miss, avoid exclamation marks, proper punctuation, and British or American salutations.
Learn to provide information in business letters and emails with attach and enclose constructions, plus I would like to inform and I am writing to notify.
Learn to request information in business letters using could you please, I would like, and I would appreciate it, with examples on projects, events, prices, and services.
Learn phrases for apology and complaint letters in business English, such as I'm sorry that, I'd like to apologize for, I regret to inform you that.
Master a three-step algorithm for writing business apology letters: apologize, give a brief reason for absence or a missed event, and restore confidence to express future participation.
Explore action lines in business letters, focusing on phrases that prompt a reply. Learn polite forms like 'I look forward to' and 'please confirm' for requests.
Explore common business letter endings like sincerely, yours faithfully, and best regards, and learn to match the closing to tone and relationship.
Master formality in meeting and greeting across contexts, from first-time introductions to polite closings, using phrases like nice to meet you and it's nice to see you.
Explore the language of meetings with expressions like propose and suggest, and learn to form requests and recommendations. Discover actions such as hold, set up, pencil in, lead, and chair.
Learn practical small talk at work using ten employee questions to build relationships, encourage sharing, and foster a positive, respectful work environment.
Learn to assertively express opinions at work using honest, direct language while respecting others, with strategies to say no, set realistic deadlines, seek flexibility, and present options.
Learn to soften directness in western business conversations by using 'we' for collaboration and asking questions about costs, timescale, budgets, and technical issues.
Discover how the tennis strategy guides negotiations, from serve and volley and adaptability to a game plan and mind games, guiding responses to price, delivery, discounts, quantity, and terms.
Master the six unwritten rules of small talk at work, including agreeing or being diplomatic and showing interest. Avoid short answers, don't elaborate, and don't change the topic too quickly.
Dear colleagues, welcome to the "Business English" course,
Business and professional development in today’s world often require us to speak English. Business English skills are important for work, success in business, and communication with international partners. In this course, I, the author of dozens of English language courses, the owner of the TESOL Certificate (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Ph.D. in Linguistics, and Associate Professor Mark Tkhir offer you the opportunity to master the tools and knowledge that will be useful to you in the world of business and professional growth.
What can you learn in this course?
Business terminology: In this course, you will become familiar with key business terminology that will help you to understand and discuss such professional topics as management and leadership, marketing and sales, and networking.
Job search: I will help you prepare for an interview in English and reveal the secrets of successful interviews.
Business letter writing: I will tell you how to properly structure and write business letters to achieve the desired effect.
Work behaviour: You will learn to behave professionally in an office environment, resolve conflicts, and establish successful relationships with co-workers.
Good luck with the Business English course!