The Art of Business English

Remote working is going to become the norm and more and more widespread as time goes by. So what are some things we should keep in mind when we work from home.

Check out episode 113 of The Art of Business English as I share with you my experience from working 100% from home due to confinement as a result of the spread of the corona virus.

Warning! Important announcement! Crisis management is a very difficult and delicate time in any business. With the current situation and coronavirus sweeping across the globe, many companies are dealing with a crisis situation that requires careful planning and a managed response.

As many of you are probably faced with this situation, I thought it would be a great opportunity to provide you with some useful language that you can use in your next meeting or with your team when you need to discuss you response to a crisis.

Understanding collocations can be a little complicated at times. They are always used in context and the meaning is not always easy to guess or understand. With that in mind, today I have put together a list of 10 collocations that you can start using right NOW in business.

Firstly, just to recap, a collocation is a series of words that go together naturally to form meaning in English and many other languages. They are a type of fixed expression. We have strong and weak collocations. An example of a strong collocation is “take a photo”, while an example of weaker collocation is “take/have a break”. Only “take” works with a photo, while “take” and “have” both work with “break”.

Secondly, you will notice from the example sentences that they are all relevant to current day business and they can be easily applied to your day to day business scenarios.

If you want to impress your colleagues and sound even more native in your next business interaction, then you will want to grab a couple of today’s collocations from the list and throw them into your English vocabulary tomorrow!

Let’s dive in and take a look at ten useful collocations for business.

Have you ever wanted to travel around the world? Do you want to work in a foreign country and learn about new cultures? Does the idea of only working a couple of hours a day sound attractive?

​If you answered yes to any of these questions then you are going to have to check out my episode today.

​In episode 110 I am sharing with you my tips on how to become a digital nomad and live and work abroad as a remote worker.

Today I am going to help you overcome this difficult part of business meetings by sharing with you a wide range of expressions that you can put into use. I’ve divided this lesson into three parts, firstly, expressions for stating facts, outlining the issues and providing reasons. Secondly, how to build an argument and finally, inviting others to respond.

Information sharing meetings are very common in the workplace. They are one of the top 6 styles of meetings that you are likely to attend. Today I am going to teach you 6 expressions that you can use in those meetings to help you better participate and sound like a native.

Are you an intermediate speaker of English who would like to learn 15 easy to use common expressions? Sounds good, right?

On this week’s episode of the AOBE I am giving you 15 B1 or intermediate level expressions that you can’t start to use right now.

Do you often find yourself frustrated or demotivated when you see a meeting reminder pop-up in your calendar? This is a common feeling, faced by millions of people every day.

After all, we spend so much time in meetings and most of us would agree that we often feel that they are a waste of time or at least, distracting us from important work.

With that in mind, today I am going to outline some of the common problems faced in meetings and give you some tips on how they can be overcome.

So, let’s take a look at and see if we can improve our meeting experience and productivity.

In this week’s episode of The Art of Business English I am going to be showing you some very useful collocations that you can use in your next planning meeting. Strategic planning is essential for business, so why not learn these equally essential collocations for your next important planning meeting.

Firstly, I am going to give you the collocation, then I will help you better understand it by explaining the meaning and finally we will put all the expressions into context with some example sentences.

You can also check out the Spanish translation for these words on the blog.

Welcome to another episode of The Art of Business English. Are you looking for some phrasal verbs that you can use in your next business meeting? If so, then today I have got you covered with a hand picked selection of ten phrasal verbs that are perfect for you to use in your next meeting.

If you have been learning English for a while then I am sure you will agree that sounding native, especially in business situations can help a lot with your credibility. Speaking more fluent English makes you sound more confident and trustworthy.

Furthermore, you probably can also appreciate that knowing which expressions and phrasal verbs to use, as well as when to use them in a meeting can go a long way to making your meeting successful.

With that in mind, today I am going to help you learn ten amazing phrasal verbs for meetings. You will learn their meaning, in addition, I’ll give you some example sentences to help you put them into context.

So, without further ado, let’s dive right in.