Class-e has developed a bank of self-access materials for you to use when you need a little extra support with your English language challenges at work. Easy to access and totally free to use.
Does the idea of chairing an online meeting in English make you feel nervous? Sometimes it's just a matter of confidence. These 20 phrases will help you manage meetings professionally in English and make you feel more confident when you are leading a meeting with multiple participants.
What do you say when you are asked a question you don't know the answer to immediately? Difficult enough in your mother tongue. These 20 phrases will help you manage those questions professionally in English.
There are always moments in life and in business where we don't see eye to eye with someone. But the problem is often finding the right language to say "you're wrong" without causing unnecessary offence. Expressing disagreement politely is essential for maintaining positive relationships, fostering effective communication, and upholding personal and professional boundaries. With this language toolbox we hope to provide some language that will help you to handle those difficult discord moments gracefully.
Writing good emails in a second language can be a time-consuming process. Even when you are communicating with someone you may know quite well, hitting the correct tone is sometimes a tricky business. With this language toolbox we hope to make the whole process a little less painful and allow you to write informal emails with more confidence.
Online meetings are part of our daily professional lives. Participating in meetings in English as your second language can be a challenge. We have created a language toolbox to help you feel more confident using English in your work meetings with some common, natural English key phrases.
Giving a presentation in English – whether online or in a face-to-face meeting, can be a challenging task. Preparation and practice is the key to a confident and clear presentation. Here is some language you can use in the final part of your presentation to summarise your points, thank your audience and invite questions.
Giving a presentation in English – whether online or in a face-to-face meeting, can be a challenging task. Preparation and practice is the key to a confident and clear presentation. Here is some language you can use in the main body of your presentation to signal transitions between points and to indicate your slides.
Giving a presentation in English – whether online or in a face-to-face meeting, can be a challenging task. Preparation and practice is the key to a confident and clear presentation. Here is some language you can use to advise your audience how long your presentation will take, and how you will approach answering their questions.
Giving a presentation in English – whether online or in a face-to-face meeting, can be a challenging task. Preparation and practice is the key to a confident and clear presentation. Here is some language you can use at the introduction stage of your presentation to introduce the presentation topic (perhaps give background and reasons why it is important/relevant) and outline the main points (in order).
Giving a presentation in English – whether online or in a face-to-face meeting, can be a challenging task. Preparation and practice is the key to a confident and clear presentation. Let's start with greeting your audience, introducing yourself and engaging the audience before you begin your presentation.
Giving a presentation in English – whether online or in a face-to-face meeting, can be a challenging task. Preparation and practice is the key to a confident and clear presentation. Here is some advice to help you review the structure of a presentation.
The Present Continuous Tense - In which of these situations do you think we use the present continuous (progressive) form..? To talk about..
In which of these situations do you think we use the simple present form in English..? To talk about...
Directly translating from your language to English can result in some ‘classic’ word choice or word order mistakes, and often some ‘missing’ words! Are you making these mistakes?
It's important to understand why you can't always translate directly from your own language into English. For 10 Polish translation mistakes, here are the answers and some grammar information.
Accurate spelling and the correct use of grammar and vocabulary is very important when you are writing – whether it’s an email, a report or a power point presentation.
Directly translating from your language to English can result in some ‘classic’ word choice or word order mistakes, and often some ‘missing’ words! Are you making these mistakes?
Here are the answers and some grammar information to explain why:
Directly translating from your language to English can result in some ‘classic’ word choice or word order mistakes, and often some ‘missing’ words! Are you making these mistakes?
Here are the answers and some grammar explanations to explain why.
Directly translating from your language to English can result in some ‘classic’ word choice or word order mistakes, and often some ‘missing’ words! Are you making these mistakes?
10 French translation mistakes - here are the answers and some grammar information to explain why.
Directly translating from your language to English can result in some ‘classic’ word choice or word order mistakes, and often some ‘missing’ words! Are you making these mistakes?
10 Spanish translation mistakes - here are the answers and some grammar information to explain why.
Reading authentic English texts (where none of the language has been simplified) can be difficult, especially when there are a lot of unknown words or phrases.
Reading is an essential skill to develop in English, particularly when you need to understand news articles, or long reports, without spending too much time.
Listening and understanding everything you hear in English is not an easy skill, from listening to an announcement at an airport to catching important information or instructions in a meeting.
When you have a work -related social function, or even find yourself in an informal online group meeting, how do you engage conversationally with others in English? What topics are suitable?
Ask yourself these questions before you start writing your email...
When you have a meeting with someone or a group of people – in person or online – how should you introduce yourself in English? And how do you introduce the topic of the meeting?
Here are some standard phrases you can use/adapt to write a short email to enquire about something, or to respond to one you receive. Don’t forget to be polite even if you don’t want to be too formal!
Do you have a sensitive or potentially difficult situation to address in an email? Or do you need to give some ‘bad news’ to a client or customer? Here are some tips and phrases that can help you produce a diplomatic tone.
Here are some standard phrases you can use/adapt to write a short email when you want complain about something. Start in a polite way and increase formality if your complaint is not resolved in the first communication
Listening and understanding everything you hear in English is not an easy skill, especially when you listen to a long presentation or are in an online meeting.