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Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
BEP42: Clarifying and Confirming Instructions
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re given verbal instructions, it’s essential that you clarify anything you don’t understand or are unclear about. Even if you feel ...
BEP 67: Saying 'No' in the Right Way
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction Most of us find it difficult to say ‘no’ when someone asks us for a favour, don’t we? It’s difficult to say ‘no’ when you ...
BEP 39: Entertaining: Practical English in a Bar and Restaurant
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Entertaining is considered an important aspect of business communication. Not all professional interactions take place in an office environment, a...
BEP 53: Making Comparisons
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A common task in business is to compare things such as costs, service, reliability, performance, etc. It's only through making comparisons that we c...
BEP32: Small Talk Before a Business Meeting
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Results depend on relationships. That’s what Don Petersen says. He is the ex-CEO of America’s Ford Motor Company. You will find that being ab...
BEP 10 – Describing Charts and Trends
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A good graph, diagram or chart can bring your presentation to life. Remember that "a picture can paint a thousand words". Putting graphical i...
BEP 76: Conversation Techniques
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
INTRODUCTION In this podcast lesson, we’ll be looking at a number of useful techniques to help to you develop a conversation. When you are takin...
BEP 58: Teleconferencing: Communication Problems
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the modern business world, teleconferencing is an essential means through which business associates in different places communicate with each o...
BEP 23: Questioning Techniques
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast lesson we're going to focus on questioning techniques once again. Questioning is the most important way of exchanging information in...
BEP 94: Complimenting Someone at Work
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction What is a compliment? If you say something nice about someone, that’s a compliment. You can “pay someone a compliment” by tellin...
BEP 63: Business Presentations - Referring to Visual Aids
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and this is certainly true of business presentations in which a graph, table or image can pr...
BEP 73: Making Polite Requests
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction In business, we often have to ask someone to do something for us. There are many different ways of making requests in English; some re...
BEP 47: Business Presentations - Handling Questions
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At some point in your presentation you will be expected to answer questions from your audience. They might have some important questions that need...
BEP 68: Telephoning - Checking Back and Confirming
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction Talking on the telephone is a skill that you can develop by paying attention to the different things that you have to remember. Many ...
BEP 09 - Reporting on Progress
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In meetings and teleconferences a common task is to update participants on the progress of a project or your area of responsibility. In this podca...
BEP 80: Passing on Telephone Messages to Clients
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction Remember when passing on messages to clients, details are very important. It does no good to relay a message if you’ve forgotten the...
BEP 28: Structuring a Business Presentation
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The introduction to a presentation is a very important - perhaps the most important part of the presentation. This is the first impression that your...
BEP 49: Business Negotiations - Concluding a Deal
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Concluding a deal is the final part of a business negotiation, and often takes place after several talks and discussions have been held to negotia...
BEP 79: Small Talk with Colleagues
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction Many of you will be working for international companies where you come into daily contact with foreigners, some of whom will be native...
BEP 51: Talking About Your Work
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this lesson, we’re going to be looking at the language to use when talking about your job. We’re not going to focus on vocabulary, though. ...