International Business English Meetings (Udemy.com)

This is a short course, about 1.9 hours across 25 lectures and five sections, aimed at non-native speakers who already have a B1 level of English and now have to sit in meetings with international teams. Instructor Charmaine Charmoli, with co-instructor Evanie Squires, says she has coached executives for more than 20 years. The core is a block of 13 lectures on six meeting types: strategy, innovation, problem-solving, decision-making, team building and status updates. It is about how meetings work, not about grammar.

Reviewers like the real-time meeting demonstrations and say the scenarios feel close to day-to-day work. One said it felt different from other courses. A Japanese-language reviewer found the six patterns clear and suggested watching once with subtitles, then again without, which is a smart way to use it. Delivery gets friendly marks too. The main complaint comes from a 2-star reviewer who found the same theme repeated, with messages like be prepared and be aware that could have fit in a fraction of the slides. Another reviewer called it good for beginners, though the stated level is intermediate.

Of 795 ratings, 448 are five stars and only nine are one or two stars, for a 4.5 average. The course was last updated in August 2022, so the remote-meeting angle may be a little dated, though meeting structure ages slowly. About 3,080 students have joined, so it is a small course. It suits someone who wants a quick, practical primer before a first international meeting. Anyone who needs speaking practice with feedback will need to pair it with something else.