Business English Pod
Business English Pod
Learn Business English on the go with The Business English Podcast ~ English communication skills for professionals. Listen to our regular podcasts covering essential language for common business situations. Learn useful phrases and listen to how they can be used in realistic business situations.
Financial Crisis & Global Economic Meltdown 1
The news today is full of stories about the financial crisis and recession. The complex problems behind this crisis have given rise to a whole new vocabulary. So, today we’re going to explore the language you’ve been hearing every day in the news. A ...
Sense Verbs with ING
"Chalk ‘n’ Talk" is a new series of video lessons exploring advanced English grammar topics. In this lesson, Brian looks at how sense verbs (hear, feel, listen, see, watch, smell, taste, sense) can be used with -ing forms. A video podcast in ...
Telephoning: Handling Sales Calls
We’ve looked before at how to set up an appointment on the phone with someone you already know, but what about if you haven’t met the person or established a relationship with them yet? In today’s Business English Podcast, we’ll be looking at how ...
Advanced English Grammar - Conditionals
In this lesson, Brian rethe three basic conditionals: first (probable) conditional, (improbable) conditional and third (past improbable) conditional. In the part of the video, Brian looks at some common errors native speakers make with the third ...
Meetings: Discussing a Problem (Part 1)
One of the most common reasons for holding a meeting is to solve a problem. A meeting can be a great place to do this, because it is possible for a variety of people with different experiences and perspectives to work together to identify the problem and ...
Meetings: Discussing a Problem (Part 2)
In the first part of this meeting (see BEP 126), the team spent time answering the question: “What is the problem?” In today’s episode, we’re going to focus on how to brainstorm solutions to a problem through discussion, how to evaluate and ...
Travel: Renting a Car
Business travelers can’t always get where they need to go by catching a plane or taking a taxi. Sometimes we need our own means of transport, and that usually means renting a car. So, in this ESL podcast we’ll cover language you can use when ...
Travel: Checking Out of a Hotel
If you’ve ever checked into a hotel, there’s one more thing you’ll definitely have to do before you leave, check out of the hotel and pay the bill. So, in this podcast lesson we’ll be looking at some of the language you might use ...
Socializing: Keeping a Conversation Going
In the final episode of our Christmas Classics series, we look at how to keep a conversation going by showing interest. The podcast introduces language and techniques for directing and maintaining the conversation, including changing the topic and ...
Meetings: Managing the Discussion
Today’s Christmas Classic is the in a two-part intermediate podcast series on opening and managing meetings. In this lesson we reviewed the language for keeping the discussion on track, encouraging participation, moving to a new topic and checking ...
Presentations: Summarizing and Closing Down
In today’s Christmas Classic, we’ll be looking at closing down and summarizing your presentation. A strong conclusion to your presentation helps leave your audience with a good impression and gives them a clear message about what action to you like ...
Meetings: Expressing Opinions
Continuing our Christmas Classics series, here’s a revised version of an early BEP podcast on expressing opinions in meetings. The lesson introduces both formal (or careful) language as well as more informal (or direct) expressions for giving your ...
Telephoning: Dealing with a Problem
BEP 23 was the final podcast in our original three-part series on the basics of handling phone calls in English. In this podcast we looked at how to deal with a difficult customer and reassure their concerns. Learn language for transferring calls, ...
Negotiations: Closing the Deal
In the concluding episode of our Business English Podcast series on negotiating in English, we’re going to look at closing the deal.Success! The hard work of negotiation has paid off. You’ve reached agreement. Now it’s time to close the ...
Advanced Grammar - The Perfect Tenses
Chalk n Talk is a new series of video lessons exploring advanced English grammar topics. The first lesson examines the use of the simple perfect and present perfect continuous tenses. In grammatical terms, ‘perfect’ tenses are used to refer ...
Business Writing: An Internal Bad News Message
In this episode of Email Tune-up we’re looking at an email from Jenny, who is responsible for her company’s IT services. She has written the email to give her colleagues some bad news: the office email server will be “down” due to ...
Video Vocab 07 - Project Management (Part 1)
Today we’re looking at business words related to projects and project management. First we’ll hear a short article introducing the topic and then we’ll go though each word in detail with some example sentences to show how you can use ...
Negotiations: Overcoming Blockage
In this part of our ongoing Business English Podcast series on negotiation skills, we will discuss how to overcome blockage in a negotiation. Usually we think of blockage in terms of stumbling blocks, or obstacles, to agreement. But blockage can also be ...
Negotiations: Bargaining
In this Business English Podcast episode, we’ll study the skills and language of bargaining. This podcast is part of an ongoing series on negotiation skills. Bargaining is the process of swapping or trading concessions - in other words, “You ...