The early lessons (BEP 20’s – BEP 80’s) focus on the basics of English for meetings. These lessons address essential business English expressions for giving opinions, agreeing, disagreeing, making suggestions, and accepting or rejecting proposals. You’ll also learn how to clarify what was said and the meaning behind other people’s statements. We also cover language for opening meetings, managing discussions, and dealing with interruptions to give you a complete foundation in key language for meetings in English.

In more recent English meeting lessons we look at more advanced situations and skills. Learn about scenario planning, stand up meetings for project management, internal and external client meetings and discussing strategic concerns. Learners can also discover effective ways to lead group decision-making meetings and present coherent arguments. And with the rise of virtual teams and online meetings, we have lessons on video conferences, managing remote teams, and participating in meetings online.

You can learn business English for meetings with lessons on diplomatic language, business strategy discussions, brainstorming, defending your ideas, and even small talk before meetings. Learn how to argue your point in meetings, meet with vendors, and discuss proposals.

With a focus on useful language and phrases, vocabulary, communication strategies, you’ll be equipped with the skills and language you need for all types of business English meetings.

All our lessons on English for meetings are listed below with the latest lessons at the top.

Meeting Essentials eBook – New Edition

BEP 81c – Meeting English: Action Points and Wrapping Up

BEP 68c – English for Meetings: Dealing with Interruptions

BEP 43c – Meeting English: Managing the Discussion

BEP 42c – Meeting in English: Starting a Meeting

BEP 35c – English Meetings: Clarifying What Was Meant

BEP 31c – English for Meetings: Responding to Suggestions

BEP 30c – English for Meetings: Making Suggestions

BEP 29c – Meetings in English: How to Disagree

BEP 28c – Meetings in English: How to Agree

BEP 369 – Scenario Planning 3: Discussing Strategic Responses

BEP 368 – Scenario Planning 2: Discussing Possible Scenarios

BEP 367 – Scenario Planning 1: Exploring the Situation

BEP 361 – Video Conferences 3: Conference Call with Clients

BEP 360 – Video Conferences 2: Managing Remotely

BEP 359 – Video Conferences 1: Video Conference Meetings

BEP 338 – Teleconference English: Participating in Online Meetings

BEP 337 – Teleconference English: Running Online Meetings

BEP 327 – Expressing Opinions in English

Skills 360 – Leading Group Decision-Making Meetings (2)

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We’re pleased to announce the 3rd edition of our Meeting Essentials eBook, with updated lessons and audio.

If you use English in meetings, this eBook will help you communicate more clearly and confidently. Meeting Essentials is an 11-unit audio eBook that teaches the key language you need for a wide range of meeting situations, from informal team discussions to formal business meetings.

You’ll learn how to express opinions, agree and disagree, make suggestions, and clarify ideas. The course also covers how to run meetings effectively, including starting the meeting, managing the discussion, dealing with interruptions, and closing with clear action points.

Each lesson features realistic dialogs, clear explanations, and practical language you can apply immediately in the workplace. The 3rd edition includes updated content, new explanations, and newly produced audio recordings available in PDF and MP3 format.

All eBooks are included with premium membership, or you can purchase the eBook for $15.95.

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on finishing a meeting in English. We’ll learn how to summarize action points and wrap up the meeting.

A well-run meeting can be productive and useful. But a poorly run meeting can leave everyone feeling like their time has been wasted. And one of the big differences between good and bad meetings is how they end.

A good meeting doesn’t slowly run out of energy. Instead, there’s a clear ending to it. And people come out of the meeting with a strong sense of purpose and a clear idea of what they need to do. Without a sense of purpose, people might feel like the meeting generated a lot of discussion but nothing more.

Giving a strong finish to a meeting isn’t actually that hard to do. First off, you need to be clear that the meeting is about to end. That gives people a chance to collect their thoughts. Next, you can summarize the action points and assign tasks. You may also want to emphasize how important they are to give some extra motivation. Then you can wrap up the meeting with some closing thoughts.

In today’s dialog, we’ll join a meeting at a bank. The team has been discussing some recent issues and future plans. You will hear Lisa provide a strong finish to the meeting with James, Bryan, Charles, and Cecilia.

Listening Questions

1. What question does Lisa ask the group before stating the action items?
2. What does Lisa emphasize about James planned action?
3. What does Lisa say to officially end the meeting?

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