Business English Lessons for Meetings and Discussions
In this lesson, we’ll learn how to pitch an idea persuasively during a meeting. Lesson Objectives Dealing with unexpected objections. Signposting your presentation. Supporting your points. Persuading other people. In the dialog, we’ll hear Jill, a manager at an industrial supply company, who introduced her idea in BEP 129. She now has to defend …
In this lesson, we’ll learn how to pitch, or present, your ideas persuasively and convincingly. Lesson Objectives Organizing your ideas. Supporting your points. Using people’s comments to switch to a new topic. Making coherent, persuasive arguments. Using language effectively to support your arguments. We’ll be listening to Jill, a manager at an industrial supply …
This is the second part of our two-part series on problem-solving meetings. Lesson Objectives Finishing off one part of a discussion. Encourage discussion and evaluation. Expressing negative opinions. Eliminating an idea. Confirming the best course of action. Kathryn, the head of Human Resources at a medium-sized company, is meeting with department heads to discuss …
In this lesson, we look at on how to discuss and solve problems in a meeting. Lesson Objectives Introducing a problem. Focusing discussion on a problem . Minimizing interruptions. Highlighting and encouraging teamwork. Stating problems as challenges. We’ll be listening to Kathryn, the head of Human Resources at a medium-sized company, who is meeting …
It’s the end of a meeting, and everyone wants to go, but wait! We have one last thing to do: Action points. That means: Tell everyone who is going to do what, and when. Having no clear action points is a number one reason meetings are unproductive. So in this episode, we’ll study language we can use to assign work to people, and also some phrases to finish off the meeting. As you listen, pay attention to how the boss, Lisa, gives action points to her team, that is, reminds them of what they need to do.
