BEP 32 – Reuniones: Lluvia de ideas & Discutir ideas

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BEP 32 A – English for Discussing Solutions to a Problem (1)
BEP 32 B – English for Discussing Solutions to a Problem (2)

In this Business English Podcast lesson we take another look at the language used to suggest and discuss ideas in meetings and teleconferences. We’ll also provide further language for diplomatic disagreement and agreeing action points at the end of the meeting.

The teleconference is run by Jim as a type of meeting called a “Brainstorming” meeting, which is useful for gathering and openly discussing ideas as the format is more relaxed.

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BEP 31 – Reuniones: Aceptar y rechazar sugerencias

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Esta Lección de inglés de negocios is the second part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions in English. In the first episode, we looked at how to make suggestions. En este episodio, we’ll cover appropriate ways to reject and accept suggestions in English. Accept means to agree to a suggestion and reject means to disagree.

Como recordarás, the listening takes place at a sports shoe company called Stratos. You’ll be listening to Karen, a marketing manager, meet with three members of her team, Charles, Sven and Miguel. They are choosing a celebrity spokesperson for a new product.

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BEP 30 – Reuniones: Hacer sugerencias en inglés

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Today’s intermediate Lección de inglés de negocios is part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions in English. En esta lección, we’re focused on the language used to introduce your ideas and make suggestions.

The dialog takes place at a sports shoe company called Stratos. You’ll be listening to Karen, a marketing manager, meet with three members of her team, Charles, Sven and Miguel. They are choosing a celebrity spokesperson for a new product. Celebrity means a famous person and spokesperson is someone who gets paid to be in an advertisement for a product.

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Business News 06 – Deslocalización

This Business English News podcast examines the topic of offshoring jobs. “Deslocalización” means to move part of a company’s operations (usually supporting functions such as finance or HR) to another countryliterallyoff shore.Another commonly used term related to this topic isoutsourcing” – this means to use a different company to handle some supporting tasks. The key difference is that outsourcing doesn’t necessarily mean the work is done in a different country.

The topic of offshoring, or outsourcing work overseas, is certainly a popular one these days, and many people in Western Europe and North America are quite concerned that this practice will lead to less job opportunities in their countries. Sin embargo, our story details a report from a well know management consultancy that concludes these concerns may be exaggerated oroverblown.

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BEP 29 – Reuniones: en desacuerdo en ingles

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En el episodio anterior (BEP 28) de esta 2 serie de piezas, miramos expresando acuerdo. Practicamos cuatro formas de estar de acuerdo: Usando frases estándar, usando sinónimos, dando un ejemplo y haciendo un comentario general.

En esto Inglés de negocios Podcast, nos vamos a centrar en el desacuerdo. Aprenderemos diferentes formas de estar en desacuerdo en inglés., de educado a fuerte.

Como recordarás, la escucha tiene lugar en la R&Departamento D de PharmaTek, una empresa farmacéutica. Farmacéutico significa medicina (o droga). Esta reunión es entre Gene, el científico jefe, y Louis y Karina, dos investigadores. Están hablando de los resultados de un nuevo ensayo.. aquí, “juicio” medio “prueba” – la prueba de un nuevo medicamento en animales o pacientes. El nuevo medicamento se llama Zorax..

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