What is speaking business English actually about?

Speaking business English it's not about ordering coffee in a restaurant, it's about persuading and inspiring others.

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TAGS:Business English, InternationalCareer

What do you need to develop your international career?

What do you need to develop your international career?

In ancient times before wars and pandemics (oops did I just say war? I meant special operation :-)

Anyway, before that time, if you wanted to work internationally you needed two things.

1. To change your location.

2. To know business English.

Today you just need the second one.

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TAGS: What do you need to develop your international career?

Do You Speak Fast?

Do you speak fast?

Many people associate language fluency with speed.

The faster you speak the better it is. Or is it?

When you speak in a foreign language you need a bit more time than in your first language to control your correctness.

Slow down 10% and give yourself more time to think about what you want to say and how you want to say it.

Speed doesn't go with quality.

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Tags: business English with no mistakes

Business English Whose language is this?

Whose language is this?

There are cir. 400 mil native speakers of English.

And there are 1,6 bn non-native speakers of English?

So it's more our language than theirs. Isn't it?

It's far more likely you will speak to a non-native speaker of English than a native one.

Business English - Fear No More :-)

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Tags: business English online

Surround yourself with English

50% to 70% of the content available on the Internet is in English.

30% of books published globally every year are in English. 

In Polish 1,36%, in Spanish 3,9%, in French 2,9%

Surround yourself with the content in English.

• check podcasts (Lewis Howes, Joe Rogan, to name a few)
• check magazines (Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, BBC etc.)
• subscribe to websites with the content of your interest i.e. hobbies, sports, politics
• what's your idea? - comment me with your ideas on where you find quality content in English

Switch to English, you'll get more choice, and you'll master your English.

English is a very polluted language - don't be afraid to make mistakes

English is a very polluted language. 

More than 2 000 000 000 people speak English globally.

On all the continents, on different levels, with different accents.

They all make language mistakes. Including the British :-) (not to mention the Americans)

Then why making a language mistake should stop you from speaking it?

Remember! Communication is primary. Language is secondary. 

Don't be afraid to speak English.

Business English On The Rise!

About 20 years ago, when I was at the beginning of my career as a business English teacher, not many people were interested in business English per se. They were interested in developing general English skills and maybe one day they would try to improve their business English skills.

Not many clients of mine were involved in international business, and very few worked internationally. As I remember I had one client working in such an environment.

Today it's reality. More than 80% of my clients work internationally, international teams become much more common and business English is my core business.

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TAGI: business English trend