Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work. (Chris - Breakout Business English)
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| 13 Mar 2022 | Ep 2 - Business English vocabulary for presentations | 00:19:05 | |
So when I was deciding which topic to focus on for our second episode I really only needed to look at what the people I work with are actually asking for. One of the most common topics that I discuss with people is presentations. Presentations can be great opportunities to use those English skills that you work so hard on, but they also have their own stresses and challenges. Today we’re going to look at some vocabulary that you might hear when watching a presentation and some that you might want to use when giving your own. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question' to help you with your speaking practice. You can find the vocabulary from this podcast in the vocabulary sets on my profile. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon! | |||
| 27 Jan 2022 | Ep 1 - Vocabulary for talking about meetings | 00:18:12 | |
Meetings can be intimidating for a lot of people, even to native speakers! Especially if you’re meeting with people who you don’t know very well, if at all. Today we’re going to look at a few pieces of vocabulary that you might hear in meetings and that you might be able to use yourself. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question'. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon! Vocabulary bank for this episode:
Remember, I'm an online business English coach and tutor! If you would like to book a call with me then you can do that at www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com | |||
| 24 Jul 2022 | Ep 4. How to talk about planning at work. | 00:22:07 | |
Whether you work for a small company, a large company, you're a student, or you're looking for your next job, planning is an essential part of our work days. Today we're going to look at some important vocabulary that we can use to communicate our ideas when planning out our days. We've got a bunch of vocabulary here, including two phrasal verbs and an idiom. Don't forget that I'm a full time English coach and tutor right here on iTalki so if you're interested in working together to improve the way that you communicate at work then please feel free to send me a message! | |||
| 04 Nov 2022 | Ep. 5 - Job interview vocabulary | 00:25:15 | |
Today we're talking about job interviews. We’re going to look at some vocabulary that you can use to improve how you perform in your next job interview. Or, if you’re writing a CV, cover letter, or a resume, these are words and phrases that you should think about including. Whether you're a student, a graduate, or someone with a lot of experience, job interviews can be scary. Especially if you're not a native English speaker. Hopefully today we can make them a little easier for you! I work with people from all over the world to improve how handle job interviews and hopefully you will find some of that in today's podcast. | |||
| 23 Mar 2023 | Ep 6. Speaking in meetings. How to become more confident! | 00:25:27 | |
Today's topic is, how to be more confident when speaking in meetings. | |||
| 01 Jun 2023 | Ep 7. Teamwork and how to work better with your colleagues! - Collaboration tips - Business English class. | 00:29:35 | |
Teamwork and collaboration are two of the most important topics in Business English. Today let's listen to some vocabulary, grammar, phrases, idioms and ideas for speaking about this in English. As an international professional you are always collaborating with colleagues from around the world, working together to complete projects and deliver great work. Learning and understanding how we can work together better, build better teams, and have better relationships with our team mates is key to being the best professional possible. If you're listening on Apple podcasts please don't forget to leave a review, it really helps me out! | |||
| 01 Jul 2023 | Ep8. How to ask for help and support at work in English - Business English lesson | 00:26:25 | |
It can be difficult to ask for help or support at work in English, especially if English is your second language. However, we all need advice and assistance sometimes, so let's practice speaking about this difficult topic. In this Business English class and lesson we'll look at how to ask your colleagues and your managers for help, how to thank people for their help, and how to decide who is the best person to ask for help. We'll hear some natural and native vocabulary that you can use in these situations, including some phrasal verbs and idioms, and we'll finish off with a quiz and a challenge to get you speaking. | |||
| 27 Jul 2023 | Ep 9. How to disagree at work in English - Business English lesson | 00:29:45 | |
Disagreeing with people is an important and healthy part of working on a team towards shared goals. The challenge is therefore, how can we do this in a way that protects and even strengthens our professional relationships? It would be great if the only thing we had to do at work was to agree with people. If everyone around us had great ideas, and if our colleagues' suggestions always seemed like the best things to do. However, this is not the case. A lot of people worry that if they disagree with their co-workers then this could upset them or damage their professional relationships. However, if we do it right, disagreeing with colleagues when it’s appropriate can be great for your team, your career, and your reputation at work. Today we’re going to hear some tips and ideas for how to disagree with your colleagues, we’ll hear some great natural and native sounding vocabulary that we can use to do this, and then we’ll finish off with some challenges for you. Including a speaking challenge and a vocabulary quiz to see what you’ve remembered from today’s podcast. As always, if you find this podcast useful and helpful please feel free to leave a review on Apple podcasts, it really helps me out. OK, with that said let’s get started. | |||
| 20 Jan 2024 | How to GIVE FEEDBACK to your colleagues at work - Business English lesson | 00:27:10 | |
Let's talk today about how to give feedback at work, especially if you use English as a second language in the workplace and are not a native English speaker. | |||
| 28 Feb 2024 | STARTING A JOB at an English speaking company - Tips and Vocabulary | 00:25:23 | |
Starting a job at an English speaking company can be a challenge. So much new information, meeting new people, and lots of conversations. Although listening is important, knowing what to say when you speak is important too. So for people who speak English as a 2nd language, today we're going to discuss some tips and vocabulary that we can use to make starting work at an English speaking employer as easy, simple, and stress free as possible. We'll hear some idioms, phrasal verbs, and more formal ways to express your ideas, to ask questions, to clarify information, and to introduce yourself. At the end we'll have a vocabulary quiz to see if you can remember what you learned, and a speaking challenge to get you talking! | |||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Working from home - BUSINESS ENGLISH vocabulary and communication tips | 00:27:48 | |
Great communication and a good knowledge of business English is essential to developing your career, however this is even more true when we work from home! Working remotely, whether you're a digital nomad, location independent worker, or have a hybrid job, is more common than ever before. In this episode we look at some great business English vocabulary to talk about working from home, including idioms and phrasal verbs to help you sound more native and natural when you speak and write in English. We hear a natural and native sounding conversation about working remotely, and we finish with a quiz to find out how much of this new vocabulary you've remembered. Don't forget, if you want to work with me in one on one, private sessions then I am a full time Business English coach and tutor. I spend my whole professional life helping international professionals to improve the way that they communicate at work. You can book some of my time at www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com and I look forward to speaking with you soon. | |||
| 14 Aug 2024 | Using English on the phone - BUSINESS ENGLISH vocabulary and communication tips | 00:21:42 | |
Using English at work as a second language can be challenging. If you spend a lot of time on the phone this is even more true! Today we're talking about Business English vocabulary and communication skills that you can apply to your phone calls to sound more natural, native, and professional when you make or answer phone calls. We might call it telephone English! We talk about how to clarify information, how to ask someone to wait, how to transfer a call, and more. At the end of the podcast we'll have a quiz to check your understanding and find out how much of the new vocabulary and ideas you can remember. | |||
| 17 Sep 2024 | Business English vocabulary in sport! - BUSINESS ENGLISH vocabulary and communication lesson | 00:26:06 | |
There is so much professional Business English vocabulary that we can use at work that originally came from sports! In this podcast we're talking about phrasal verbs, idioms, nouns and verbs that we can take from football, athletics, and the Olympic games, and use at work to improve the way that we communicate in English. So, if you want to express your ideas more clearly in meetings, explain your experience better in job interviews, or make your presentations sound a little more natural and native then hopefully you'll find this episode really useful. Also, if you're taking an IELTS test soon, either the general or academic test, then this is all great vocabulary to take into the exam with you. Especially for the speaking part of the test where informal, natural, and native vocabulary is encouraged! | |||
| 02 Oct 2024 | Talking about WORK LIFE BALANCE - Business English lesson | 00:30:55 | |
Today we're talking about work like balance. This is one of the most important topics that we discuss with our colleagues and friends so today I want to give you some vocabulary and ideas to make you more confident and fluent when speaking about this subject. Maybe you want to ask your boss if you can work from home, or maybe you're trying to protect your time and stop working on weekends! Hopefully today's podcast can give you some tools, tips, and ideas for how to do this. We'll talk about some natural and native ways to talk about your journey to and from work and negotiating for more time when scheduling deadlines. Also, if you're taking the IELTS or TOEIC tests, hopefully you'll find some useful, natural, and native sounding vocabulary here too that can improve your score. | |||
| 10 Oct 2024 | How to get a PROMOTION - Business English tips and vocabulary lesson | 00:28:00 | |
Getting promoted at work is an important part of growing your career and making progress in your professional life. Today we're talking about some tips that can help you to achieve this and some Business English vocabulary that you can use to talk about promotions at work. We'll look at some formal, more professional ways to speak about this topic, and some less formal, more casual ways to discuss this idea. If you use English as a second language at work then improving your communication skills can be really important for promotions and getting hired for new jobs. I hope this podcast will help you improve your English, communicate better, and have more natural, native, and fluent conversations with your colleagues, managers, and friends. | |||
| 28 Oct 2024 | How to QUIT YOUR JOB - BUSINESS ENGLISH vocabulary and communication tips + FREE PDF | 00:27:45 | |
Quitting your job can be really stressful, especially in your second language. If you use English to communicate at work and you're not a native speaker then today's podcast aims to give you the professional vocabulary and Business English communication tips that you need to do this in the most polite, courteous, and professional way possible. To maintain a great relationship with your manager and your colleagues, and to make sure that you ask all the right questions! | |||
| 15 Nov 2024 | How to ANSWER QUESTIONS at work - Business English vocabulary and tips + FREE PDF | 00:31:30 | |
Answering questions at work in English can be difficult. Today's podcast is about How to Answer Questions at work. We discuss some great, professional vocabulary, some natural and native sounding examples, the grammar that you need to know, and how these phrases change depending on the situation and context. So if you use English as a second language to communicate and answer questions at work then I hope you'll find this podcast useful. | |||
| 05 Dec 2024 | How to SAY NO to your colleagues and protect your time at work - Business English lesson + FREE PDF | 00:25:56 | |
Do you find it difficult to say no to your managers or colleagues at work? If you want to protect your time and your schedule when people ask you to do things then today Business English vocabulary and tips might help! If you use English at work and want to sound more native and natural when your colleagues ask you to do tasks, take new duties or responsibilities then today's 5 stage system should help. This is a framework for politely but directly explaining to your colleagues that you can't say yes to their request. | |||
| 08 Feb 2025 | How to MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS in English as a learner or improver. | 00:25:39 | |
How do you know if your English is improving and getting better? Measuring progress is difficult when learning English, especially for intermediate and advanced speakers. Should you take a test or exam like IELTS or TOEFL for instance? Today we talk about 6 methods to measure your progress and track how much better your English is getting. So if you use English as a second language at work, as a non native speaker, and your goal is to sound more native and natural, then hopefully you’ll find this podcast useful. | |||
| 18 Feb 2025 | PRIORITISING at work - How to talk about which tasks are important - Business English Class | 00:28:55 | |
Today's Business English class is about which tasks are important and which tasks are not important. We listen to native and natural English vocabulary and sentence structures that can help us to discuss prioritising our tasks with our colleagues at work. Prioritising our tasks and discussing what's important with our colleagues can be challenging for non native English speakers who use English as a second language, so let's study some ways to help you talk to your colleagues in a more natural and native sounding way. Don't forget! Helping international English speakers to improve their communication skills is my full time job! If you use English at work and it's not your native or first language then consider booking a call with me and let's work together. To find out more, go to; https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com | |||
| 25 Feb 2025 | How to TALK ABOUT COMPLICATED INFORMATION at work - Business English lesson | 00:26:04 | |
Do you need to discuss complex or complicated information at work? If English is not your native language and you find it difficult to sound natural when you communicate complex information at work then I have some great Business English vocabulary, grammar structures, and communication ideas for you. We talk about how to simplify the information you're communicating, how to make sure that everyone in the meeting or the presentation understands what you told them, and how to ask people to use more simply and understandable English. Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals. If you’d like to book some time to meet with me through one to one video calls, then you can go to: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start Also, I talk about an article in this podcast regarding the rule of threes. You can read that here: https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/3-rules-express-your-thoughts-clearly | |||
| 20 Mar 2025 | Dealing with CONFLICT at work - Business English lesson | 00:23:53 | |
Let's discuss some professional English vocabulary that we can use to resolve conflicts at work. We're talking about how to deal with difficult colleagues and how to solve arguments and disagreements with your team mates and coworkers. We'll hear some idea for what to do in these situations and some natural and native sounding vocabulary so that you know exactly what to say when people start to get angry in the workplace. This is also one of the most common job interview questions and a lot of the vocabulary in this podcast can be used to build a great answer to that job interview question. Arguing with your colleagues is challenging, especially in your second language. Hopefully this podcast can help you in those professional situations. Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals. If you’d like to book some time to meet with me through one to one video calls, then you can go to: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start | |||
| 31 Mar 2025 | How to LEAD MEETINGS in English - Business English lesson | 00:26:57 | |
Let's discuss some Business English vocabulary and grammar that we can use to lead meetings. Running a meeting or being in charge of an event often means that you have new responsibilities and today's podcast we’re discussing the professional vocabulary and phrases that you can use to talk to your colleagues and managers about what is happening during your meeting. We’ll talk about starting meetings, avoiding delays, staying on track, and also give you some natural and native sounding words and phrases to help you sound more natural and native when speaking English at work. Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals. If you’d like to book some time to meet with me through one to one video calls, then you can go to: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start | |||
| 07 Apr 2025 | How to BE UNDERSTOOD in presentations - Business English communication lesson | 00:26:24 | |
If you need to give presentations at work, in English, and it's not your first language then speaking and communicating with your English speaking colleagues can be difficult. Today we're talking about how to make sure that you're understood, some vocabulary that we can use to check that our colleagues have listened carefully to what we've said, and some tips to ensure that you have communicated your ideas and key points successfully in the most natural and native sounding way possible. Giving presentations in English can be challenging, but hopefully today's podcast can help you to make your next English language presentation a success! Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals. If you’d like to book some time to meet with me through one to one video calls, then you can go to: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start | |||
| 05 Jun 2022 | Ep 3. Practice speaking when you're alone (How to) | 00:19:28 | |
Speaking practice is one of the most important parts of improving your English, but can also be one of the most difficult things to figure out how to do! Don't worry, I've got you covered! In episode 3 I go for a deep dive into how to practice speaking when you're alone. How to make it effective and how to make the habit stick! | |||