In this episode, you will listen to a podcast episode that includes two simulated meetings involving a product manager, a developer, and product designers. The episode centers on challenges they face in enhancing a mobile app’s performance and user experience. Each meeting outlines key issues, proposed solutions, and action points, providing students with real-world context to practice summarizing.

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: recap the main points, plan a follow-up session, make sure we’re aligned, review our action points

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In this episode, you'll listen to a productive meeting led by Alice, the product manager, as she guides her team through the next steps for developing a new search feature 🔍. The team discusses the current status of the project, focusing on potential challenges related to system performance during high traffic ⚙️. Mark shares his insights on the technical aspects, while Nina emphasizes the importance of user-friendly design. Together, they brainstorm effective strategies like implementing search filters to enhance usability and performance 🚀. The meeting concludes with clear action items, ensuring everyone knows their responsibilities moving forward, all while fostering collaboration and innovation 🎯.

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: What are your thoughts on…?, Do you see any gaps…?, What’s your take on…?, Just to confirm, Let’s quickly recap, here are the key takeaways

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In this episode, you'll listen to a feedback session between a manager and a designer 🎨. The manager offers constructive feedback on the designer's work, and together they explore ways to improve her designs 📝. They focus on finding strategies to boost her creativity ✨ and better align her work with the project’s goals 🎯, aiming to make her contributions more effective and impactful 💡.

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: with a bit of adjustment to, let’s aim to combine ... with ..., you’ve put in a lot of effort, it fell short of the standard.

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In this episode, you'll listen to a dialogue between an HR representative, a manager, and an employee during a performance review📈. The employee reflects on their achievements and identifies areas for improvement, while the manager provides constructive feedback and uses various strategies to communicate effectively 💼.

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: show a strong commitment to work, echo what you mentioned, hold back my opinions, take on more responsibility

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In this episode, you'll listen to a dialogue between a project manager where a project manager📊 discusses new requirements with a client. The requirements are impossible to implement in this sprint, so the manager uses multiple strategies to say "no" 💪🏻

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: change the priorities, bring up, tackle the problem, fit into the sprint, etc.

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In this episode, you'll listen to a dialogue between a product manager and a developer who missed a deadline. The delay has impacted the project timeline, necessitating a resolution. The developer will share his perspective, while the product manager delves into the core of the issue to identify improvements for the team's processes and to prevent future occurrences.

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: a miscalculation on my part, what’s your current estimate for, underestimate the time it would take, raise an alarm unnecessarily, etc.

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In this episode, Mark and Sarah meet at a networking event and share their experiences in project management. Mark gives Sarah useful advice from his work, and they agree to stay in touch. Your students will learn helpful words and phrases related to networking and project management, see how to give and receive advice and learn ways to start and keep professional relationships. They will also improve their listening skills and understand more about real-life professional conversations.

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: reach out, sync out, implement new ideas, expand my network, stay in touch, etc.

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In this episode, Sam arranged an online meeting with Alex to talk about work issues, but his internet connection seems to be unstable. He's breaking up and freezing all the time making it impossible for Alex to follow.

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: have trouble hearing you, a bit muffled, on mute, you're breaking up, you're frozen, switch to mobile hotspot

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In this episode, Alex holds a routine one-on-one meeting with Sarah, a content manager on his team. They discuss Sarah's workload, challenges, and future plans. Alex strives to provide support in all her endeavors, aiming to enhance her work experience. Tune in to see if his efforts pay off!

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: busy, but managing, spread too thin, a lot of my plate, be short on staff, hit a snag, reach out to, and more!

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In this episode, Tom, a product manager at Digitise, will do an amazing demo and share all the achievements and mishaps of the previous 3 months. The team has made a number of improvements to the product that won’t leave any user indifferent. Hard work has paid off: Tom’s product achieved the 5th position in its category on AppStore! Learn to make great presentations by learning from the best!

A sneak peek into the episode’s meaty vocabulary: spruce up, surpass the 1 million downloads mark, optimise performance, conduct a usability test, identify areas for improvement, invest time in code refactoring, and more!

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