Learning English For Work

What happens when you ask someone to do something at work, and they don’t do it? It can be really frustrating at work when you are waiting for a reply to get the job done. In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about how to chase people up, or remind them about a task.

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/office-english/240205

Note: This programme was first broadcast in February 2024.

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Meetings at work can be stressful spaces to speak. Do you struggle to talk about your ideas in meetings? Do you know how to interrupt politely? In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about some useful phrases you can use to speak in meetings in a friendly and professional way.

Note: This programme was first broadcast in January 2024.

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Do you struggle to write the perfect email at work? It can be difficult to know how formal or friendly to be when you are writing to a colleague, your boss, or somebody at another company. Can you use 'Hi' in an email? How do you end your email so that someone will reply? In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about their email habits and suggest some useful phrases for different situations.

Note: This episode was originally broadcast in January 2024.

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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 Business Daily on jargon here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5znh

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Technology is a big part of many workplaces. Pippa and Phil talk about remote working has impacted language at work. Learn some jargon phrases for the modern office.

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Pippa and Phil talk about common phrases for goals, measuring them and how we succeed.

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Pippa and Phil talk about some common business jargon that is used to talk about delays and priorities at work.

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Pippa and Phil talk about some common business jargon to help you talk about your workload.

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We use jargon a lot to talk about ideas. Pippa and Phil talk about some common phrases. And a CEO tells us about the new jargon businesses use to impress investors.

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Some people find jargon annoying. But lots of managers use it. Pippa and Phil explain some of the strangest business jargon and why we use it with the help of Anne Curzan, Professor of English Language at the University of Michigan.

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