Essential Business English (Udemy.com)
Learn the English you need to communicate effectively in everyday professional situations
Created by: Jeffrey Hill
Produced in 2021
What you will learn
- Understand the English used in a wide range of business and professional situations.
- Learn and practise key language expressions for use in business and professional contexts.
- Learn over 500 words of vocabulary.
- Improve grammar and reading skills.
Quality Score
Overall Score : 90 / 100
Course Description
Each of the ten lessonsbegins with a fullyanimated dialogue, set in a fictional UKfashion company called Chic Boutique. The dialoguespresentthe key languageyou needto communicate effectivelyin a wide range of common businesssituations.
The situations include:
making a presentationparticipatingin a meetingspeakingon the phonenegotiating an orderscheduling an appointmenttaking part in a job interviewmaking and dealing with complaintsEachdialogue is presented in two versions:
with and without subtitles, and is complementedby:
a quiz to test your comprehensiona listen and repeat activity to help you improve your pronunciation and intonationa role play where you will have the opportunity to use the key language in a simulated dialoguea series of questions for you to answer about the lesson topica listening comprehension passage related to the topic of the lesson
All the audio material has been recorded by professional voice actors with authentic British or American accents, and each lesson comes with a ten-page downloadable PDF workbook, which contains:
a full transcript of the dialoguelanguage notesexplaining key grammar and vocabulary pointsa word list featuring definitions ofthe vocabulary used inthe lessonlanguage exercisesa crossworda word search puzzle
Several of these activities can also be done online, and the extra resources include Quizlet flashcard sets featuring the vocabulary used in each lesson.
At the end of each lesson, theres a Final Quiz, to test what you have learnt.
So, enrol today, and start learning the English you need foryour professional career.
Who this course is for:
Intermediate-level students who wish to improve their business or professional English skills.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
75 Reviews
Jeffrey Hill
My name is Jeffrey Hill and I teach English at the EM Normandie Business School in Le Havre, France. Although Ive lived in France since 1981, I was born and grew up in Plymouth, in the south-westof England.
After obtaining a BA (Hons) degree in Hispanic Studies from Liverpool University, and a PGCE from Sheffield University, I spent two years teaching Spanish. I then obtained a Trinity College Licentiate Diploma in TESOL and worked as an ESL teacher in Spain for two years.
Ive been working at the EM Normandie Business School since 1991, teaching general and business English, and preparing students for the TOEIC,TOEFL and IELTSexams. In 2004 I was awarded an MBA from Liverpool University.
In 2004, I started The English Blog, which now has over 9,000 posts and several million page views. Since 2011, I have been project manager for the EM Normandies iTunes U site, where I have published several top-ranking courses.
More recently, I created the Crossword English website, which features a freedaily ESL crossword. I have also had two ESL crossword books published and self-published three others.
In 2016, I was responsible for producing the schools free English-learning app, SmartEnglish by EM Normandie, which features my own business English course.
My latest project is a website and e-book called 'Learn English Online', which, as the title suggests,providesadvice andresources for learning English online.
I have a life-long love of teaching and learni
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