BEP 88 – Telefonear: Reservar un billete de viaje

Booking tickets on the phone is a basic part of business travel. En esto intermediate Business English Podcast, we will practice useful phrases and language for making travel arrangements on the telephone.

Viva is an Italian manufacturer of ladiesapparel, or clothing. Marco and Francesca, Viva employees, are on a business trip. After visiting customers in the UK, they are now heading to Las Vegas in the United States to meet with their American distributorthe company that sells their product there. Marco calls a travel agent to book tickets for them.

Preguntas de escucha

1) When does Marco want to leave and when does he want to return? Will he and Francesca be flying first class, business class or economy?
2) Does Marco ask the travel agent tohold the fareor does he pay for it immediately?
3) Does Marco need to pick up his and Francesca’s tickets at the travel agent’s office?

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BEP 72 – Telefonear: Mensajes de correo de voz

Cuando llamas a alguien pero no está allí, a menudo su correo de voz “recoger” o contesta el teléfono. Entonces tienes que dejar un mensaje. Cualquiera que use el teléfono en su trabajo tiene que lidiar con el correo de voz.

¿Alguna vez has comenzado a dejar un mensaje en el correo de voz de alguien?, entonces cuando escuchaste el “bip” sonido, no sabias que decir? Cuando hablas un idioma extranjero, hablar sin preparación puede ser un desafío, especialmente cuando no puede ver o escuchar a la persona con la que está hablando. Pero con un poco de práctica, serás un profesional del correo de voz.

Eso es lo que estudiaremos en esta lección de inglés de negocios – frases estándar e idioma para mensajes de correo de voz, así que la próxima vez que estés aquí “bip” sabrás exactamente qué decir.

Primero escucharemos un mal ejemplo. Justin Thomas trabaja para un agente de envíos llamado Trivesco. Los corredores son “intermediarios” – en este caso Justin es un “nuevos edificios” corredor, lo que significa que ayuda a las personas a comprar y vender nuevos barcos. Justin llama a Sylvie Peterson, un gerente de la empresa de construcción naval Schmidt y Larsen. En el segundo ejemplo, escuchamos al colega de Justin, Mark Rand, deja un mensaje más profesional.

Preguntas de escucha (Buen mensaje)

1) ¿De qué espera Mark Rand hablar con Sylvie??
2) ¿Cuándo estará disponible para atender la llamada de Sylvie??
3) ¿Cómo marca Mark un final positivo en el mensaje??

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BEP 69 – Teléfono Inglés: Dejando un mensaje

This lesson has been updated in anew series: BEP 69A Redux & BEP 69B Redux.

La gente esta ocupada. When you telephone people, they often aren’t there to take your call, so you need to leave a message. And almost everyone has to answer the telephone and take a message sometimes. Doing so professionally leaves a good impression on your customers, colleagues and boss.

Today we will hear a bad example and a good example of taking and leaving a telephone message.

Justin Thomas is with Trivesco, a major shipyard, or maker of ships. He is calling Sylvie Peterson at Daneline, a shipping company. Sylvie is a sales and purchase (S&PAG) corredor. A broker is a middleman or negotiator. Sylvie specializes in negotiating the purchase of “newbuildings” or newly built ships. Amy, el recepcionista, answers the phone.

Preguntas de escucha

Mal ejemplo
1) Does Amy answer the phone professionally?
2) Is Justin prepared?

Buen ejemplo
1) How does Amy answer the phone?
2) What is Mark calling about?
3) How does Amy make sure that she has got Mark’s correct phone number?

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BEP 54 – Servicio al Cliente: Tramitación de las reclamaciones 2: Resolviendo la queja

This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast series on handling angry customers on the telephone. In today’s show we’ll be looking at how to resolve the customer’s complaint.

First a quick review: In part one we learned the first three steps for calming down angry customers and dealing with their complaints: primero, we need to acknowledge their emotions by showing empathy. Second, we should identify the background to their problem so that we can take the right steps to fix it. And third, we should listen actively to show them that we care.

Where we left off last time, Sandy, a service associate at the front desk of the Majestic Hotel, had just finished identifying Steve’s problem. Let’s continue listening to see how Sandy resolves the complaint.

Preguntas de escucha

1) How does Sandy show that he is actively listening to Steve?
2) What does Steve need?
3) What steps does Sandy take to ensure that Steve is satisfied with the outcome of the call?

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BEP 53 – Servicio al Cliente: Tramitación de las reclamaciones 1: empatizar

Good customer service is essential to success in any industry, but it is particularly important in the service and hospitality sector. “Hospitalitymeans treating guests well; and here, we’re talking specifically about hotels. Because service is so vital to hospitality, hotels are a good place to look for excellent service practices.

So today we’ll be listening in on a phone call from an angry customer at the Majestic, a five-star hotel in Shanghai. By listening to a bad example and a good example of service practice, we’ll be studying skills that are useful in any industry, no matter whether you are dealing with internal or external customers.

We’ll see that a very important part of handling angry customers is showing empathy: Empathy is similar to sympathyit means showing that you understand the customer’s pain.

Preguntas de escucha

Mal ejemplo:
1) How does the customer, Steve, learn the service associate’s name?
2) What is Steve’s problem?
3) How could Jenna have handled the complaint better?

Buen ejemplo:
1) When Steve says, “I’m at the end of my rope,” what does he mean?
2) What does Sandy do to calm Steve down?

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