Business English for meetings: Professional Business English

Name: Business English for meetings: Professional Business English
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Business English course for ESL: Over 100 key business English phrases for meetings. Arrange, attend and lead meetings

Created byNick Blake

Last updated 4/2022

English

What you'll learn

Learn over 100 essential business English phrases for use in meetings and discussions
Business English phrases for arranging meetings, giving opinions, chairing meetings, writing meeting minutes
Improve your business speaking, listening and comprehension through videos that test understanding of business situations
The correct pronunciation of over 100 useful business English expressions for meetings by native English speakers

Course content

7 sections • 18 lectures • 1h 7m total length

Arrange a Meeting - Part 10:43
Introduction to arranging meetings on the phone and via email.
Arrange a Meeting - Part 25:21
In this animated video, students watch a video showing how to arrange, cancel and reschedule a business meeting by email and on the telephone.
Arrange a Meeting - Part 34:16
This lesson focuses on the key phrases for arranging a meeting. This video covers listening, vocabulary and speaking (listen and repeat).
Arrange a Meeting - End of lesson quiz

Business Meetings - Part 10:44
Introduction to Business meetings.
Business Meetings - Part 26:43
In this animated video lesson, students learn how to manage a business meeting, including agreeing/disagreeing with propositions, arriving at a consensus, confirming a decision and closing the meeting.
Business Meetings - Part 35:00
This lesson focuses on the key phrases for communicating in a business meeting. The video covers listening, vocabulary and speaking (listen and repeat).
Business Meetings - End of lesson quiz

Sharing Viewpoints - Part 10:47
Introduction to sharing viewpoints.
Sharing Viewpoints - Part 24:53
This lesson teaches language for sharing opinions during business meetings and discussions. Students watch an animated video of a teleconference, with the company's management discussing a proposal to introduce flexible working hours.
Sharing Viewpoints - Part 34:46
Learners study key expressions from the dialogue and practise useful phrases for sharing opinions during business meetings (listen and repeat).
Sharing viewpoints - End of lesson quiz

Leading Meetings - Part 10:33
Introduction to leading meetings.
Leading Meetings - Part 26:58
Students watch an animated video in which the participants hold a business meeting about the company's sales figures. The business meeting is followed by a quiz.
Leading Meetings - Part 34:49
Key expressions used by the chairperson of the meeting are studied. At the end of the lesson, students listen and practise the lessons's useful vocabulary.
Leading meetings - End of lesson quiz

Meeting Reports - Part 11:02
Introduction to writing meeting reports.
Meeting Reports - Part 24:57
Students watch an animated video of a meeting to discuss an office relocation.
Meeting Reports - Part 35:31
This lesson teaches the vocabulary needed for taking meeting minutes in English. Students review an extract from the minutes of the animated video meeting. Learners finish by reviewing some of the key speaking verbs used in writing meeting reports.
Meeting reports - End of lesson quiz

Requirements

ESL learners should have at least an intermediate level of English (B1 in CEFR)

Description

Do you need to attend meetings in English?

If so, English for meetings is the course for you! It will help you communicate better in professional situations such as meetings, conference calls and discussions.

This intermediate-level Business English programme contains essential vocabulary and useful phrases for the workplace.

English for meetings includes:

Over 100 useful business phrases and expressions for the workplace
Listen and repeat (with phrases spoken by Native English speakers)
Listening activities and realistic simulations
Animated simulations with subtitles
Multiple accents including British English and American English

The course is divided into five parts:

Arranging meetings
Business meetings
Sharing viewpoints
Leading meetings
Meeting minutes

English for meetings also includes:

Animated videos of business situations with accents from UK, USA and Canada
Animated video quiz at the end of each business situation to test understanding of lesson content
Regular end of lesson quizzes to test your progress
Final review section to test your improvement and knowledge of phrases
Downloadable vocabulary sheets

Who this course is for:

Professionals who would like to speak English professionally in meetings and discussions
Intermediate-level English as a Second Language (ESL) students who wish to improve their business or professional English skills
Professionals working with multinational companies
University students learning professional English to develop their careers

Business English for meetings: Professional Business English

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Arrange a Meeting3 lectures • 10min

Business Meetings3 lectures • 12min

Sharing Viewpoints3 lectures • 10min

Leading Meetings3 lectures • 12min

Meeting Reports3 lectures • 12min

English for meetings: review2 lectures • 10min

Congratulations!1 lecture • 1min

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