Learning English For Work

Business Jargon: Should we use jargon?


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Lots of people find jargon annoying. Is it useful in the workplace? Pippa and Phil talk about when to use jargon and when to avoid it, with help from journalist Anna Maloney, Anne Curzan from the University of Michigan and John Fiset from St Mary's University in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Listen to the Business Daily epsiode on jargon here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5znh

Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/business-jargon/241216

This programme was originally broadcast in December 2024.

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