Category Archives: Practice Pod

BEP 63 PP – Indirect Persuasion in a Social Context

The persuasive process we learned in BEP 59, 60 & 62 is useful not just for formal business situations, but across all sorts of contexts that come up many times every day. You don’t always want to use the indirect approach to persuasion, but it’s often very useful.

Here’s an example of the persuasive process at work in an everyday situation: Julie is persuading her husband, Steve, to try a new vacation spot.

The podcast practice section and online exercises provide further opportunities to brush up your skills and language for the final step of the Monroe Sequence – Asking for Action.

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BEP 63 Study Notes 		BEP 63 PP – Persuasion 3 – Quiz

BEP 63 PP – Persuasion 3 – Gap-fill

BEP 63 PP – Persuasion Review – Language 1

BEP 63 PP – Persuasion Review – Language 2

BEP 63 PP – Persuasion Review – Language 3

BEP 63 PP – Persuasion Review – Vocabulary Flashcards

BEP 61 PP (Transcript & Actvities): American Sports Idioms in a Business Meeting

This is the first in a series of Business English Practice Pods that review and extend the language that is covered in the regular podcast. Practice pod dialogs will revise key language but in different situations. Also, they give you more opportunities to practice what you’ve learned.

We’ll hear several phrases from Sports Idioms 1 & 2, plus a few new ones, being used in a new context – a business meeting.

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BEP 61 Study Notes 		BEP 61 PP – Sports Idioms in Business – Quiz

BEP 61 PP – Sports Idioms in Business – Gap-fill

BEP 61 PP – Sports Idioms in Business – Language 1

BEP 61 PP – Sports Idioms in Business – Language 2

BEP 61 PP – Sports Idioms in Business – Flashcards