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
93 episodes
A POSITIVE ATTITUDE at Work - Business English communication lesson.
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 when things go wrong can also connect directly...
How to UPDATE YOUR BOSS - Business English Communication Class.
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 ...
How to MANAGE GEN Z (Part 2) | Business English communication lesson
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 ...
How to MANAGE GEN Z (Part 1) | Business English communication lesson
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 ke...
How to prevent CONFLICT AT WORK (Part 2) | Business English communication lesson
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 ...
How to PREVENT CONFLICT at work (Part 1) | Business English communication lesson
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 wor...
How to answer difficult JOB INTERVIEW questions - Business communication lesson
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 n...
How to INTERRUPT POLITELY at work | Business English communication lesson
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 int...
How to be ASSERTIVE at work | Business English communication class
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...
How to talk about DETAIL at work | Business English communication lesson
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 envi...
INVESTING in a company | Business English vocabulary lesson.
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 s...
Discussing CHANGE at work | Business English lesson
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 ...
How to find the right words to express yourself | Professional communication class
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 Eng...
SCQA Storytelling and problem solving framework | Business Communication lesson
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. Thi...
The STAR framework for JOB INTERVIEWS | Business English class
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 ...
How to PERSUADE YOUR COLLEAGUES at work | Business English communication lesson.
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. ...
How to MAKE SUGGESTIONS clearly at work | Business Communication lesson
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...
How to SPEAK MORE CLEARLY | Business communication class
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, specific...
How to ASK BETTER QUESTIONS - Business English lessons
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 natu...
How to BE POLITE in English - Professional English communcation class
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 w...
Vocabulary for EMAIL at work | Business English communication class
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 le...
Being LATE and ON TIME - Business English class
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 English possible. Today you'll learn the vocab...
Vocabulary for FOCUS at work | Business English class
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 maybe you find yourself talking, in English...
Vocabulary for DATA TRENDS | Business English communication lesson.
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 words, including bounce back, fl...
How to ask people to RESCHEDULE meetings at work | Business English Vocabulary lesson
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 events, appointments, and meetings, how to ...