Business English for Professionals

Explore the present simple tense in positive and negative forms, with Dubai life examples, vocabulary, listening and reading exercises, and time-telling practice.

Build practical business travel communication by mastering can and can't usage, travel vocabulary, airport phrases, and 24-hour time conversions using James's business trip examples.

Learn how to form comparative adjectives to compare two things, with rules for one- and two-syllable words, three-or-more-syllable adjectives using more, and irregular forms like better and worse, plus practice.

Master business English superlatives by learning grammar rules for one-, two-, and multi-syllable forms. Explore examples like the tallest building, the nicest person, and the most expensive computer.

Learn how to form and use wh questions in English, with grammar rules, practice exercises, and business English vocabulary, including car terms, tailored for pre-intermediate business English.

Master prepositions of time and place in business English, covering on, at, and in usage for days, times, months, cities, and surfaces, with practice exercises and travel vocabulary.

Learn to express future plans using going to and planning to, practice grammar and social conversations, and apply airport vocabulary through guided exercises.

Master numbers, currencies, and symbols in English by formatting large numbers with commas and decimals, applying currency signs before numbers, and following spelling rules for numbers.

Master money and finance vocabulary and present simple usage. Learn currency exchange, coins, paper bills, automated teller machines, and paying with cash, checks, and cards.

Explore the past continuous tense for actions in progress in the past, background situations, and interruptions, with examples, conjunctions like when, while, and as, plus practice.

Master the verbs be, have, and do in business English, covering main and auxiliary uses, present continuous and present perfect tenses, questions, negatives, and forms.

Explore the present perfect continuous tense in business English, showing how to form the positive, negative, and question forms, and express ongoing, long-lasting, or temporary actions.

Explore how to use linking words and phrases to join clauses, master adverbials and word order, and practice with examples and exercises to improve business English communication.

Master meeting basics for professionals by scheduling, planning agendas, and practicing business dialogue through a listening exercise about a conference room setup and a 10:00 meeting.

Develop listening skills for formal business meetings by analyzing a chair-led discussion on supply chain improvement and product launches.

Learn polite and professional interruption techniques in meetings, including phrases like sorry to interrupt, briefly add something, and perfect timing for effective business English.

Learn to use diplomatic language in meetings by softening feedback with phrases like unfortunately or not really, and avoiding harsh terms such as terrible or awful.

Explore using diplomatic language in a performance review, listening to a managers' meeting about sales performance, probation decisions, and polite phrases for opinions, disagreement, and critique.

Navigate a purchasing decision for bank copy machines by comparing purchase and lease options, evaluating downtime, servicing, color copying, and bids from suppliers.

Learn how to prepare formal meeting minutes as a concise record of a meeting, including purpose, date, attendees, and action points, with guided practice to correct and recap the minutes.

Learn how to choose formal or informal language for your presentation, identify openings, and apply practical exercises to tailor your speech to the audience.

Outline your presentation for the audience by welcoming them, stating your topic, explaining why it's important, and detailing a three-part structure with timing, handouts, and questions.

Engage in practice arranging a presentation by listening to three openings, filling blanks, and ordering the opening sequence.

Learn to state the purpose of your presentation by using clear phrases that tell the audience what they will learn, with examples from four presentations and exercises.

Develop the ability to use approximate numbers to enhance audience understanding in business English, practice with listening exercises and phrase vocabulary for estimating values.

Master how to explain graphs and trends with business English, using sales data and retirement-age examples, and learn essential graph vocabulary for clear presentations.

Learn how to emphasize important points in a business presentation using verbs such as stress and emphasize, adverb-adjective combinations, and rhetorical questions to draw attention to crucial details.

Explore rise vs raise: rise is irregular with no direct object, raise is regular and takes a direct object; use examples like smoke rose, raise your hand, and prices rising.

Master how to close a professional business presentation with a strong conclusion by signaling the end, summarizing main points, recommending next steps, and inviting questions.

Learn to use common verb-noun phrases in business emails, practice with exercises to create phrases like arrange a meeting, attach a document, and inform colleagues.

Master organizing dates, times, and places via business email by using practical phrases to confirm arrangements, change arrangements, and meet at convenient locations.

Practice active listening to improve telephone conversations, learn to confirm details, use echoing, ask for repeats, and study the NATO alphabet for clearer spelling.

Practice listening to two business phone calls, complete exercises on the worksheet, and extract key details such as Thursday at 10, the meeting time, and actions like sending sales figures.

Learn to make and confirm arrangements on the phone using practical business English phrases for suggesting meetings, offering alternatives, and confirming times and locations.

Master handling special problems on telephone calls by applying polite interruption, taking turns, and follow-up questions. Recognize issues like bad connections and apply language focus strategies to keep conversations clear.

Learn how to use useful phrases for telephone calls, including starting calls, introducing yourself, transferring calls, handling busy lines, leaving messages, and scheduling or rescheduling appointments.

Explore the core of negotiation by examining positions, interests, and issues through an informal buyer-supplier negotiation, including size, price, and order quantities, with practical exercises.

Learn to give reasons for your positions in negotiation and set smart goals, using phrases like 'this is because' and 'the reason for this is' to frame decisions.

Learn to express possibilities and impossibilities in negotiations using practical phrases and counterproposals, including polite refusals and financing options. Practice with dialogues and exercises that mirror real business negotiations.

Explore the language of clarifying information and expressing opinions in negotiations. Learn techniques to restate, ask for clarification, and negotiate terms using a pay raise scenario.

Learn to close the deal with practical business English for agreeing, summarizing, drafting contracts, and planning follow-ups like a severance package and standalone business unit arrangements.