This course teaches you both formal and informal
business English needed to participate in business meeting. The
course follows two meetings from start to
finish:
MEETING Ais
a formal meeting.
MEETING Bis an informal
meeting.The formal business English used in Meeting A
is appropriate for important meetings, such as for presentations at
conferences or at annual company meetings. The business English
used in Meeting B is useful for smaller meetings, such as daily
office meetings or for interacting with your
co-workers.
Parts of the Meetings
LESSON 1–
Starting a meeting
LESSON 2–
Introducing the participants
LESSON 3–
Beginning a presentation/Outlining the
agenda
LESSON 4–
Giving a presentation – Part A
LESSON 5–
Giving a presentation (talking about visuals) – Part
B
LESSON 6–
Ending a presentation
LESSON 7–
Managing a discussion
LESSON 8–
Taking questions
LESSON 9–
Ending a topic/Planning for the future
LESSON 10–
Ending a meeting
No matter what kind of meeting you attend or business
you work in, this course covers important business vocabulary
useful for anyone wanting to communicate better in an
English-speaking professional setting.
AUDIO FOR EACH LESSON
PART 1– Listen
to a dialog or story for a formal business meeting (slow) PART 2– Listen to an explanation of the dialog
and the vocabulary used PART 3– Listen to a dialog or story at
native-speaker rate (fast) PART 4– Listen to a dialog or story for an
informal business meeting (slow) PART 5– Listen to an explanation of the dialog
and the vocabulary used PART 6– Listen to a dialog or story for an
informal business meeting (fast)
LEARNING GUIDE FOR EACH LESSON
PART 1– Text of
the formal and informal business meetings PART 2– Glossary:
Definitions of vocabulary in each formal and
informal meeting
Sample sentences using vocabulary from the formal
and informal meetings