Business English Pod

Checking in to hotels is another important part of travel, whether it's for business or for pleasure. This episode follows on from BEP 79 Travel: Reserving a Hotel Room, in which Sarah Johnson...

Today's Business English Podcast lesson is on making a hotel reservation.
It's something all of us need to do: Whether it's for a company business trip, or for personal travel - we all need to, at...

They say there's one rule of conversation that you should always follow in business - don't talk about politics, sex or religion. Actually, however, it seems like 90% of casual conversations are...

In this Business English Podcast lesson we'll be studying how to speak naturally and how to emphasize, or highlight, key language and ideas. In addition, we'll be looking at a few expressions and...

This Business English Podcast lesson looks at the language of socialising with your work colleagues.
Whether you drink alcohol or not, in many places around the world you will likely be invited to...

This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod lesson on job performance appraisals. In the first lesson, we covered giving feedback. In this podcast, we will discuss setting goals.

Performance appraisals - sometimes called job performance evaluations or reviews - are a powerful way to develop staff's potential. These skills are important not just for HR (Human Resources)...

This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series on war idioms.

Everywhere you look in business, you will find the language of war: We often think – and talk – about business...

Business and war. War and business. It’s no accident that many business strategies and management techniques were first developed in the military. Actually, it’s quite natural that we think about...

Have you ever started to leave a message on someone’s voicemail, then when you heard the “beep” sound, you didn’t know what to say? When you’re speaking a foreign language, talking without...

This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast lesson that follows some of the internal discussions that take place in a company going through a merger.

Today’s episode focuses on...

This is the first in a three-part Business English Pod lesson that explores the use of many different language techniques in the context of a merger. Today’s lesson focuses on vague, diplomatic...

In this Business English Podcast lesson we look at the language you can use to leave a telephone answering machine message.
People are busy. When you telephone people, they often aren’t there to...

As a non-native speaker of English, you might often find yourself in situations like this: You’re sitting in a meeting or a teleconference, and some of the participants are native English speakers....