Business English (See Activities)

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Conducting business in English can be a difficult task for most second language learners.

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Students not only need general communication skills, but also must understand business vocabulary, expressions, and situational nuances.

Communication

It’s important to get your students speaking as much as possible. Sometimes we have so much to teach that we forget the importance of communication.

Ultimately, your students will have to communicate to sell their products, give presentations, and answer questions.

Make sure your students stand up, move around, and change partners often. They need to interact with as many people as possible to keep the lessons interesting and authentic.

For Business English classes, I organize each lesson the same way. Students appreciate consistency and look forward to each part of the lesson.

1. Small Talk
2. Review
3. Conversation Skills
4. Introduce Business Topic
5. Q&A

Business Topics

Introduce these topics to prepare your students for international business.

• Introduce yourself and your job
• Introduce your company
• Small talk
• Giving opinions
• Agreeing and disagreeing
• Interrupting
• Making suggestions
• Requesting action
• Checking and clarifying
• Facilitating a meeting

Idioms

Use these worksheets to familiarize your students with business idioms. Your students will learn new idioms and how to use them properly.