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Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work.
Chris - Breakout Business English
100 episodes
Breakout Business English is all about improving your confidence, vocabulary, grammar and fluency in Business English. If you're not a native English speaker and you use English as a 2nd language to communicate at work then this podcast is definitely for you! You’ll find tips, strategies, and tools to grow your professional communication skills, as well as vocabulary episodes aimed at giving you new, advanced, professional vocabulary around workplace themes. We explore how you can express yourself better and build better professional relationships with your colleagues, customers, and clients. If you’re interested in becoming a better professional tomorrow than you are today, then you're in the right place and I'm excited to have you on the team. Let's get started!
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4 JOB INTERVIEW tips you've never heard before - Business Communication lesson.
Send us Fan Mail Job interview advice on the internet is always the same! Today I've got some new ideas and tips that I don't think you've ever heard, so hopefully you'll get some great new ideas. Even if you're not…
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How to understand everyone - Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail If you want to understand your colleagues, clients, and customers every time they speak English, then today I’ve got a strategy for you that means that you’ll always understand what they’re talking…
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How to STRUCTURE your speaking - Business English Lesson
Send us Fan Mail Speaking clearly and being easy to understand when speaking English is much easier when you use structure. Today we're looking at two ways to structure your English to make sure that you're understood…
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SMALL TALK; the FORD method - Business Communication class
Send us Fan Mail Small talk in English with your colleagues, clients, and customers is important for building the professional connections that grow your career. The FORD method is an English speaking framework that…
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How to talk about NUMBERS and MATHS | Business English lesson
Send us Fan Mail Talking about numbers can be challenging, especially if English is your second language. Today we’re discussing vocabulary that we can use to speak about calculation, math, and numbers, in English.…
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Guide to SMALL TALK - Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail Small talk is one of the most important communication skills when it comes to building a career in an English speaking company. In this episode we discuss a framework that we can use to have great…
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How to CONTROL your audience’s ATTENTION | Business English lesson.
Send us Fan Mail Today we’re talking about giving presentations, and how to control the attention of your colleagues, clients, and customers, when presenting complex information on complicated slides. So, if you often…
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A POSITIVE ATTITUDE at Work - Business English communication lesson.
Send us Fan Mail Dealing with negative situations at work with a positive attitude is a great way to make sure that you build a reputation for handling challenges in the best way possible. Your attitude and mindset…
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How to UPDATE YOUR BOSS - Business English Communication Class.
Send us Fan Mail Communicating with your manager is important, and yet we rarely talk at work about how we're going to do it! In this podcast we're discussing how we can update our managers and how we can build a…
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How to MANAGE GEN Z (Part 2) | Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail Today we're wrapping up our conversation on how to manage Gen Z so if you're a manager of a young team and you want some tips on how to communicate with your colleagues in their 20s then this episode…
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How to MANAGE GEN Z (Part 1) | Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail Managing Gen Z is the challenge that we're discussing today so if you're a manager of a young team and you want some tips on how to communicate with your colleagues in their 20s then this episode of…
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How to prevent CONFLICT AT WORK (Part 2) | Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail If you manage a team and want to avoid arguments and conflict between colleagues and departments then today's episode should have the communication ideas and vocabulary to help you. Managing a team…
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How to PREVENT CONFLICT at work (Part 1) | Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail We've talked about how to resolve and fix conflicts in the past, now let's talk about how to prevent conflict before it occurs. If you speak English to manage your team and you want to build an…
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How to answer difficult JOB INTERVIEW questions - Business communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail If you have a job interview coming up, and you're asked a question that you don't have a good answer to, what can you say? If you're an international English speaker then this can be extra difficult.…
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How to INTERRUPT POLITELY at work | Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail Want to improve your business English speaking and vocabulary at work? Today we're talking about how non-native English speakers in professional settings can interrupt politely. You'll learn practical…
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How to be ASSERTIVE at work | Business English communication class
Send us Fan Mail If you want to be more assertive when speaking English at work, without sounding rude then this episode is for you. Maybe you want to sound more native and natural when having difficult conversations…
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How to talk about DETAIL at work | Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes detail is important, and sometimes you want to focus on the big picture. Today we're talking about vocabulary that we can use to do both. We discuss idioms, phrases, and vocabulary that…
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INVESTING in a company | Business English vocabulary lesson.
Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking about investing money and time in your business. We discuss advanced professional vocabulary that talks about both putting money into a business, and taking it our and hopefully…
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Discussing CHANGE at work | Business English lesson
Send us Fan Mail Change is a constant part of working life — but are you using the right language to talk about it? In this episode, we explore six powerful words and phrases for describing change at work in natural,…
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How to find the right words to express yourself | Professional communication class
Send us Fan Mail If you can’t find the words to express yourself, or you know what you want to say, but not how to say it, then today’s podcast might help. We’re exploring a three stage framework that you can apply to…
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SCQA Storytelling and problem solving framework | Business Communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail The SCQA framework is the topic of todays podcast, continuing our series on speaking frameworks. If you need to solve problems at work and present your solutions to your colleagues then the SCQA…
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The STAR framework for JOB INTERVIEWS | Business English class
Send us Fan Mail Our communication frameworks series continues with the STAR model. If you've got an English language job interview and you're not a native speaker then this framework can help you to tell stories and…
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How to PERSUADE YOUR COLLEAGUES at work | Business English communication lesson.
Send us Fan Mail Let's talk about the PEEL framework. This is a structured way to present arguments at work that convince and persuade your colleagues, clients, and customers. Trying to make convincing points can be…
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How to MAKE SUGGESTIONS clearly at work | Business Communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail If you want to make suggestions and give opinions clearly at work, when speaking English, then today's podcast will help. For non-native English speakers, communicating clearly can be worrying and you…
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How to SPEAK MORE CLEARLY | Business communication class
Send us Fan Mail If you want to communicate more clearly when speaking in English and ensure that your colleagues understand exactly what you're trying to communicate then the ideas in this podcast should help. This…
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How to ASK BETTER QUESTIONS - Business English lessons
Send us Fan Mail Asking questions in English is something that we all do, but how good are yours? In this podcast we'll learn how we can ask better questions that our colleagues, clients, and customers will find…
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How to BE POLITE in English - Professional English communcation class
Send us Fan Mail If you want to sound more polite and improve your relationships with your colleagues, clients, and customers, then using things like modal verbs and trying to be less direct can help. This week we…
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Vocabulary for EMAIL at work | Business English communication class
Send us Fan Mail Writing emails in English as a non native English speaker is challenging, as is talking about them. If your colleague asks you to BCC them in on at email, and don't include your email signature, do…
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Being LATE and ON TIME - Business English class
Send us Fan Mail Are you ever late for meetings? Or maybe you're always on time? How can you tell people that you're going to be late or promise then you'll be on time in the most natural and native sounding spoken…
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Vocabulary for FOCUS at work | Business English class
Send us Fan Mail How can we talk about focus at work? Becoming focused and losing our focus, and all of the distractions that take our focus away. That's the focus of today's podcast. If you work in a busy office then…
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Vocabulary for DATA TRENDS | Business English communication lesson.
Send us Fan Mail If you work in an international business environment and need to discuss data, graphs, or charts in English, this episode is for you. Today I'm sharing a set of powerful, natural-sounding vocabulary…
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How to ask people to RESCHEDULE meetings at work | Business English Vocabulary lesson
Send us Fan Mail Rescheduling events and talking about time in English can be hard when speaking English, especially if you're not a native English speaker. In this podcast we talk about how to schedule and reschedule…
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How to describe DATA and GRAPHS - Business English vocabulary lesson.
Send us Fan Mail If you need to talk about statistics an data at work then the vocabulary in today's lesson will help you to sound native and natural when communicating with colleagues, customers, and managers. Today…
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How to THINK IN ENGLISH for professionals | Business English class
Send us Fan Mail Thinking in English is difficult for many professionals who speak English at work, but aren't native speakers. In this podcast we discuss how professionals can start to think in English at work, some…
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BEFORE and AFTER, how to talk about TIME at work - Business English class
Send us Fan Mail Time is one of the most important things that we talk about at work, and in my coaching experience it's also one of the things that English speaking professionals around the world have the most…
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How to spend your boss's MONEY | Professional English vocabulary lesson (Ep.66)
Send us Fan Mail How do you ask your boss for more money in professional, business English. That depends on how much money you're asking for. If you want to sound natural and native when speaking English to your…
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Talking about TIME for meetings and deadlines | Business English vocabulary class (Ep.65)
Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking about time, specifically when you need more time for deadlines and meetings. If you're ever been in a meeting that finished late or had a task that you didn't quite finish before a…
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How to COMMUNICATE COMPLEX INFORMATION at work | Business English lesson (Ep.64)
Send us Fan Mail Do you need to discuss complex or complicated information at work? If English is not your native language and you find it difficult to sound natural when you communicate complex information at work…
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Talking about CULTURE at work - Business English vocabulary lesson (Ep.63)
Send us Fan Mail Workplace culture is important, but sometimes what a company says it does and what it actually does are two different things. Today we talk about the vocabulary that native English speakers use to…
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Talking about LOCATION at work - Business English vocabulary lesson (Ep.62)
Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking about location. Whether you're talking about where you live or where you work, discussing location is always important and a common topic. So, if you want to improve your…
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Vocabulary for STARTING and CONTINUING at work | Business English lesson (Ep.61)
Send us Fan Mail In the new year we're often talking about starting new project and continuing existing projects. If you need to do this in English and you're not a native speaker then you might hear your colleagues…
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CHRISTMAS vocabulary at work - Business English lesson (Ep.60)
Send us Fan Mail Happy Christmas! In this episode we're talking about Christmas vocabulary that you might here at work, including adjectives that we can use to talk about this time of year, and idioms that we can use…
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How to talk about PERFORMANCE at work - Business English lesson (Ep.59)
Send us Fan Mail Speaking about performance at work with your colleagues and managers can be hard and if you speak English as a second language then I'm here to help! In today's podcast we hear informal and formal…
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How to talk about WRITING at work - Formal and informal business English lesson (Ep.58)
Send us Fan Mail Today we discover the essential vocabulary professionals need to confidently talk about writing in English, both informal phrases like jot down, take down, and type up, and formal workplace language…
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SECRET EPISODE! How to talk about keeping secrets and giving information at work - Business English vocabulary lesson (Ep.57)
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes you need to keep secrets and work and sometimes it's important to be honest with your customers and clients. In this business English vocabulary lesson we're going to hear some natural and…
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How to discuss TARGETS and KPIs in professional English - Business English vocabulary lesson (Ep.56)
Send us Fan Mail Discussing KPI targets, in English, at work, is challenging if you’re a non-native English speaker. Today we discuss how to sound more native and natural speaking English when talking about targets…
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How TOM CRUISE manages RISK at work - Business English Vocabulary lesson (Ep. 55)
Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking about risk at work, how to sound like a native English speaker when describing risk and how to use natural and professional sounding English to discuss reducing risk. If you speak…
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Steve Jobs return to Apple - Business English vocabulary lesson (Ep.54)
Send us Fan Mail Steve Jobs' return to Apple can teach us about leadership and communication, but also vocabulary, grammar, and how to improve your English speaking abilities. If you speak English at work and want to…
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WORSE or BETTER, How to talk about CHANGE at work - Business English Vocabulary Lesson (Ep.53)
Send us Fan Mail Change is one of the only things that is certain at work. Therefore, being able to talk about things getting worse or getting better is certainly something that can be useful in professional contexts.…
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How to ask for LESS or MORE DETAIL - Business English communication lesson
Send us Fan Mail Telling your colleagues, clients, and customers, in English that you need more detail, or maybe less detail can be difficult. Especially if you're a non-native English speaker and you use English at…
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