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Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work.
Chris - Breakout Business English
Frequency: 1 episode/36d. Total Eps: 36

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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How to QUIT YOUR JOB - BUSINESS ENGLISH vocabulary and communication tips + FREE PDF
Episode 17
lundi 28 octobre 2024 • Duration 28:22
Quitting your job can be really stressful, especially in your second language. If you use English to communicate at work and you're not a native speaker then today's podcast aims to give you the professional vocabulary and Business English communication tips that you need to do this in the most polite, courteous, and professional way possible. To maintain a great relationship with your manager and your colleagues, and to make sure that you ask all the right questions!
This podcast is all about helping you to communicate better, in English, at work. I work with international English speakers from around the world who use English, at work, as a second or third language and I hope that I can bring some of the ideas, vocabulary, and grammar, from those sessions, to you in this podcast.
Don't forget, if you want to work with me in one on one, private sessions then I am a full time Business English coach and tutor. I spend my whole professional life helping international professionals to improve the way that they communicate at work. If you'd like to book some of my time, listen right to the end of the podcast to find out how you can get on my schedule.
To get the FREE PDF DOCUMENT with the vocabulary and grammar points from today's episode, visit https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/episode17
"A Case Study in Corporate Fear" deconstructs how fear transforms successful...
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How to get a PROMOTION - Business English tips and vocabulary lesson
jeudi 10 octobre 2024 • Duration 28:38
Getting promoted at work is an important part of growing your career and making progress in your professional life. Today we're talking about some tips that can help you to achieve this and some Business English vocabulary that you can use to talk about promotions at work. We'll look at some formal, more professional ways to speak about this topic, and some less formal, more casual ways to discuss this idea. If you use English as a second language at work then improving your communication skills can be really important for promotions and getting hired for new jobs. I hope this podcast will help you improve your English, communicate better, and have more natural, native, and fluent conversations with your colleagues, managers, and friends.
This podcast is all about helping you to communicate better, in English, at work. I work with international English speakers from around the world who use English, at work, as a second or third language and I hope that I can bring some of the ideas, vocabulary, and grammar, from those sessions, to you in this podcast.
Don't forget, if you want to work with me in one on one, private sessions then I am a full time Business English coach and tutor. I spend my whole professional life helping international professionals to improve the way that they communicate at work. If you'd like to book some of my time, listen right to the end of the podcast to find out how you can get on my schedule.
"A Case Study in Corporate Fear" deconstructs how fear transforms successful...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
Ep 7. Teamwork and how to work better with your colleagues! - Collaboration tips - Business English class.
Episode 7
jeudi 1 juin 2023 • Duration 30:12
Teamwork and collaboration are two of the most important topics in Business English. Today let's listen to some vocabulary, grammar, phrases, idioms and ideas for speaking about this in English. As an international professional you are always collaborating with colleagues from around the world, working together to complete projects and deliver great work. Learning and understanding how we can work together better, build better teams, and have better relationships with our team mates is key to being the best professional possible. If you're listening on Apple podcasts please don't forget to leave a review, it really helps me out!
For non-native English speakers, and people who speak English as a 2nd language, (second language speakers), working in teams can be challenging. Listening to what your colleagues have to say, and also expressing your own ideas, making as few mistakes as possible, and creating great sentences can be a challenge that many people find really difficult.
In this podcast we're going to be listening to several tips for improving your teamwork and collaboration skills, we'll look at the vocabulary and business English that can really help us to use those tips, then at the end we'll have a short quiz to see how much of what we talk about you can remember.
"A Case Study in Corporate Fear" deconstructs how fear transforms successful...
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Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
Ep 6. Speaking in meetings. How to become more confident!
Episode 6
jeudi 23 mars 2023 • Duration 26:05
Today's topic is, how to be more confident when speaking in meetings.
Some of you might know this already but my full time job is working with non native English speakers one to one on video calls to improve their’s confidence and ability when using English at work. And the number one thing that people tell me they need to improve is their confidence in meetings. How can I become more confident in meetings, how can I express my ideas better, how can I make my meetings easier. This is what we’re going to discuss today.
For non-native English speakers, speaking in meetings can be a challenging and daunting task. Whether you’re presenting in front of a large group or just participating in a small discussion, it can be difficult to feel confident in your ability to express yourself. However, with a few simple tips, you can start speaking more confidently in meetings sooner rather than later.
At the same time, we’re going to look at some useful vocabulary and sentence structures that we can use to do this. So if you want to grab a pen to take some notes, feel free, and let’s get started.
Oh, and right at the end we’ll review a couple of the more interesting pieces of vocabulary I’ve included in today’s podcast.
"A Case Study in Corporate Fear" deconstructs how fear transforms successful...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
Ep. 5 - Job interview vocabulary
Episode 5
vendredi 4 novembre 2022 • Duration 25:52
Today we're talking about job interviews. We’re going to look at some vocabulary that you can use to improve how you perform in your next job interview. Or, if you’re writing a CV, cover letter, or a resume, these are words and phrases that you should think about including. Whether you're a student, a graduate, or someone with a lot of experience, job interviews can be scary. Especially if you're not a native English speaker. Hopefully today we can make them a little easier for you! I work with people from all over the world to improve how handle job interviews and hopefully you will find some of that in today's podcast.
If you want to work with me as your personal English coach to improve your English then feel free to contact me at www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/contact
"A Case Study in Corporate Fear" deconstructs how fear transforms successful...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
Ep 4. How to talk about planning at work.
Episode 4
dimanche 24 juillet 2022 • Duration 22:07
Whether you work for a small company, a large company, you're a student, or you're looking for your next job, planning is an essential part of our work days. Today we're going to look at some important vocabulary that we can use to communicate our ideas when planning out our days. We've got a bunch of vocabulary here, including two phrasal verbs and an idiom. Don't forget that I'm a full time English coach and tutor right here on iTalki so if you're interested in working together to improve the way that you communicate at work then please feel free to send me a message!
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
Ep 3. Practice speaking when you're alone (How to)
Episode 3
dimanche 5 juin 2022 • Duration 19:28
Speaking practice is one of the most important parts of improving your English, but can also be one of the most difficult things to figure out how to do! Don't worry, I've got you covered! In episode 3 I go for a deep dive into how to practice speaking when you're alone. How to make it effective and how to make the habit stick!
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
Ep 2 - Business English vocabulary for presentations
Episode 2
dimanche 13 mars 2022 • Duration 19:05
So when I was deciding which topic to focus on for our second episode I really only needed to look at what the people I work with are actually asking for. One of the most common topics that I discuss with people is presentations. Presentations can be great opportunities to use those English skills that you work so hard on, but they also have their own stresses and challenges. Today we’re going to look at some vocabulary that you might hear when watching a presentation and some that you might want to use when giving your own. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question' to help you with your speaking practice. You can find the vocabulary from this podcast in the vocabulary sets on my profile. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon!
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Ep 1 - Vocabulary for talking about meetings
Episode 1
jeudi 27 janvier 2022 • Duration 18:12
Meetings can be intimidating for a lot of people, even to native speakers! Especially if you’re meeting with people who you don’t know very well, if at all. Today we’re going to look at a few pieces of vocabulary that you might hear in meetings and that you might be able to use yourself. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question'. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon!
Vocabulary bank for this episode:
- collaborate
- hold
- minutes
- confidential
- address
- consensus
- the elephant in the room
- to pencil in
- to follow up
Remember, I'm an online business English coach and tutor! If you would like to book a call with me then you can do that at www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com
Talking about WORK LIFE BALANCE - Business English lesson
mercredi 2 octobre 2024 • Duration 31:32
Today we're talking about work like balance. This is one of the most important topics that we discuss with our colleagues and friends so today I want to give you some vocabulary and ideas to make you more confident and fluent when speaking about this subject. Maybe you want to ask your boss if you can work from home, or maybe you're trying to protect your time and stop working on weekends! Hopefully today's podcast can give you some tools, tips, and ideas for how to do this. We'll talk about some natural and native ways to talk about your journey to and from work and negotiating for more time when scheduling deadlines. Also, if you're taking the IELTS or TOEIC tests, hopefully you'll find some useful, natural, and native sounding vocabulary here too that can improve your score.
This podcast is all about helping you to communicate better, in English, at work. I work with international English speakers from around the world who use English, at work, as a second or third language and I hope that I can bring some of the ideas, vocabulary, and grammar, from those sessions, to you in this podcast.
Don't forget, if you want to work with me in one on one, private sessions then I am a full time Business English coach and tutor. I spend my whole professional life helping international professionals to improve the way that they communicate at work. If you'd like to book some of my time, listen right to the end of the podcast to find out how you can get on my schedule.
"A Case Study in Corporate Fear" deconstructs how fear transforms successful...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Book a lesson with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com