Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work.
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!
Episodes
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 great professional relationship that enables us to do our best work.
Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, DET or Cambridge English tests and exams then you might find some of the vocabulary in this episode re...
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 of the podcast is for you. We're looking at 2 key ideas that can improve the way that you manage and communicate with Gen Z team members and some vocabulary and phrases that can help managers to build these professional...
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 the podcast is for you. We're looking at 2 key ideas that can improve the way that you manage and communicate with Gen Z team members and some vocabulary and phrases that can help managers to build these professional rel...
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 when speaking English as a second language is a big challenge so today we're discussing some ways to make this easier. This is part 2 of our exploration of these ideas. If you missed part 1, you can find that in last week...
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 atmosphere where conflict is rare and everyone works together without arguments or disagreements then this episode it for you.
Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, DET or Cambridge English tests and exams the...
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. Today we're talking about 3 techniques and native and international English speakers can use to communicate really well under this kind of pressure.
Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, DET or Cambridge English...
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 vocabulary and grammar patterns to jump into a conversation confidently, whether you're speaking with colleagues, clients, or customers, without sounding rude or pushy. We build on the "yes, and" principle from improvi...
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 in English. Hopefully the communication tips and vocabulary in this podcast will be able to help you.
Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, DET or Cambridge English tests and exams then you might find some of th...
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 native English speakers use in professional environments. So, if you want to sound more native and natural when talking about details then I hope you find this podcast valuable.
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 profiting from your investment!
If you speak English at work and want to sound more native and natural when talking to colleagues, customers, or clients, then I hope that the vocabulary, grammar, and communication tips in ...
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, professional English. From the dramatic overhaul to the careful fine-tune, and from incremental improvements to a quick tweak, you'll learn exactly when and how to use each one with confidence. We also uncover the...
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 those situations when you need to speak English in high pressure situations, but you can sound as native or natural as you do in your first language.
If you speak English at work and want to sound more...
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 framework might be a great structure for you. This speaking framework was created at McKinsey consultants and if you use English at work to communicate with your clients, colleagues, and customers, then you might find it use...
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 communicate your experience in an effective way that gets you hired. If you want to sound more natural and native when speaking English the using frameworks like STAR can stop you worrying about how you speak and let yo...
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 challenging if it's not your first language. The speaking framework that we're discussing today however can be applied to any language. This podcast gives you a clear way to structure your ideas so that you communicate c...
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 might not have the confidence to offer your ideas in case you're misunderstood. Today we're talking about the PREP framework and how you can use it to make sure that your managers, colleagues, clients, and customers, a...
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 week we're talking about frameworks, specifically how to apply the 321 framework to your spoken English and use it to communicate more effectively at work. We'll also take a look at some useful vocabulary that you can us...
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 interesting and engaging. We'll look at some natural and native sounding English vocabulary that we can use to do this, and we'll heard some great examples of question structures that you can use.
If you speak English at work...
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 look at some ways that you can be more polite when speaking English at work, some professional English vocabulary that can help you with this, and we even have a little English pronunciation lesson in here.
If you spe...
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 you know what they mean? Today you'll learn the vocabulary and the grammar to communicate about email with your colleagues, clients, and customers like a native English speaker. We'll learn from formal and professio...
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