Business Skills: Easy English Meetings (Meetings in English)
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Attending English meetings can be very challenging. It can be difficult to participate and to keep things on-track. You will learn how to use polite English to participate in English meetings, as well as expressions for leading a meeting in English.
English Meetings Made Easy:
- Learn Language Expressions for giving your opinion, clarifying, problem solving, leading a meeting, and more.
- Get the tools you need to be an effective participant in any meeting in English.
- Hear Examples of “real-world” application of strategies taught in this course.
Target Students:
- Are you nervous about attending a meeting in English with foreign counterparts?
- Do you have a good command of English, but feel like your meeting vocabulary may be lacking?
- Would you like to learn how to sound more natural when making small talk and discussing problems?
- Do you need to attend meetings with colleagues from English-Speaking Countries?
If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, then enroll now! This course is for Upper-Intermediate to Advanced English Language Learners.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Use expressions for Opening, Conducting, and Closing a Meeting
- Clarify and ask Questions politely
- Use strategies for making Small Talk effectively
- Use expressions for Problem Solving
- Use a variety of Business Vocabulary
And, ELT Online will give you more support outside of the lectures:
- Quizzes and Supplemental Handouts will ensure that you retain what you have learned.
- Discussions to connect your learning to the real world.
- Post your questions about Meetings in English and receive an answer within 48 hours
ELT Online has trained thousands of teachers in teaching English, and now students can benefit from that expertise.
The skills you learn in this course will improve your ability to participate in English Meetings and your General English.
Enroll NOW, and start participating in Meetings in English!
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1Course Overview: What Can I Expect?
This is a course overview which lets you know what to expect in terms of content and delivery.
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2How to Access Downloadable Resources
This video shows you how to access the downloadable resources for this course. Downloadable resources are included with most lessons.
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3All Supplements - Ebook
This contains all of the supplements for the course. You may print them and refer to them as you take each lesson. Or, if you prefer, you may simply download each supplement as you take each lesson.
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4Meet the Participants + Background to the Meeting
Get to know the "participants" in the meeting around which this course is based.
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5Expressions for Setting a Meeting
When setting a meeting, you need to include some crucial information. This material will teach you the info to include, as well as how to write an email to set up a meeting, and how to respond to a meeting request.
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6Greetings and Small Talk: First Meeting (Expressions)
When meeting someone for the first time, you need to be able to transition smoothly from self introductions to making small talk. This lesson shows you how to introduce yourself naturally, and gives you some strategies for making small talk.
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7Greetings and Small Talk: First Meeting (Idioms+ Culture Notes)
This lesson explains the idioms from the previous lecture, and lets you know some cultural issues of meeting someone for the first time.
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8Small Talk Strategies for Subsequent Meetings
If you are meeting someone whom you know, but haven't seen in a long time, the strategies for making small talk are different than those you use when meeting someone for the first time. Learn how to engage in conversation naturally with someone you've met previously.
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9Small Talk Strategies for Subsequent Meetings: Idioms
This lesson reinforces expressions used for subsequent meetings, and explains the idioms used in the previous lesson.
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10Greetings and Small Talk Quiz
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11Starting the Meeting: Key Expressions
The best way to have a successful meeting is to have a successful opening. This lesson teaches you the steps you need to take to open a meeting in English, as well as several useful expressions for opening a meeting.
Please take a look at the "Meeting Agenda," in the Downloadable Materials, which will help you better understand the meeting scenario used in this course.
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12Starting the Meeting: Vocabulary
This lesson reinforces the steps taken to open a meeting, and explains some useful business vocabulary.
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13Starting a Meeting - Practice
For this lesson, you must pause the video at the appropriate times and speak out loud. Then, compare your answer to the instructor's.
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14Keeping to the Agenda
If you are chairing the meeting, your primary responsibility is to keep things moving. This lesson shows you how to stay on-topic throughout the meeting.
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15Conducting a Meeting - Practice
For this lesson, you must pause the video at the appropriate times and speak out loud. Then, compare your answer to the instructor's.
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16Handling Interruptions
It can be difficult to control a meeting if everyone is talking at the same time. Learn how to manage interruptions.
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17Conducting Meetings Quiz
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18Questions and Clarifying: Key Expressions
Asking questions and clarifying politely are necessary skills when participating in a meeting. Learn how to do this in English in this lesson.
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19Questions and Clarifying: Vocabulary
This lesson reinforces questioning and clarifying and teaches some useful business vocabulary.
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20Problem Solving Expressions
This is a list of all of the expressions from the next 4 lessons. Print this out and refer to it as you watch the next 4 videos.
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21Problem Solving 1: Fred
This lesson looks in detail at the expressions and vocabulary Fred uses to discuss problems.
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22Problem Solving 2: Bob
This lesson looks in detail at the expressions and vocabulary Bob uses to discuss problems.
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23Problem Solving 3: Linda
This lesson looks in detail at the expressions and vocabulary Linda uses to discuss problems.
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24Problem Solving 4: Karen
This lesson looks in detail at the expressions and vocabulary Karen uses to discuss problems.
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25Giving and Asking for Opinions: Key Expressions
Knowing how to use the appropriate expression to give an opinion is one of the most important skills in business English. Learn expressions for various types of opinions, as well as how to refer to previous opinions and ask for opinions.
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26Giving and Asking for Opinions: Vocabulary
This lesson reinforces different kinds of opinions, and teaches business vocabulary.
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27Responding to Opinions
It is important to know how to agree and disagree politely. Learn how to do it in this lesson.
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28Interrupting
How can you interrupt (1.) without sounding rude and (2.) so that people will listen to your opinion? Learn how in this short lesson.
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29Setting Conditions
Learn how to use conditional statements for setting conditions.
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30Taking the Minutes at a Meeting
This document gives you some important information to keep in mind if you are tasked with keeping the minutes at a meeting. A sample meeting minutes template is also included.
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31Participating in Meetings Quiz
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32Closing a Meeting: Key Expressions
Closing a Meeting clearly and concisely is the most important thing you can do in order to make the meeting seem productive. Without a solid closing, participants may feel that they've wasted their time. Learn the steps and expressions needed for a successful closing.
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33Closing a Meeting: Vocabulary
This lesson reinforces the stages of closing a meeting, and teaches the colloquial vocabulary from the previous lesson.
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34Closing a Meeting - Practice
For this lesson, you must pause the video at the appropriate times and speak out loud. Then, compare your answer to the instructor's.
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35Closing a Meeting Quiz
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36Summary of Key Points
This video summarizes the key concepts taught in the course and gives advice for continued success.
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37How to Leave a Review for This Course
Please leave a review for this course. It would really help future students and the instructor. Thank you. :-)
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38Practice Meeting Scenario
This is the scenario on which the meeting in this course is based. Print it out and practice the meeting with a teacher or a group of colleagues. Compare your mock meeting to the meeting in this course.