{"id":84,"date":"2006-12-10T19:46:14","date_gmt":"2006-12-10T11:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2007\/11\/18\/bep-24-teleconferencing-using-diplomatic-language\/"},"modified":"2007-11-18T19:52:32","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T11:52:32","slug":"bep-24-teleconferencing-using-diplomatic-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2006\/12\/10\/bep-24-teleconferencing-using-diplomatic-language\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 24 – Teleconferencing: Using Diplomatic Language"},"content":{"rendered":"
In this Business English Podcast we’re going to listen to a teleconference between the head office management of a US guitar manufacturer and the manager of their new Latin American plant.<\/p>\n
Key language structures explained are: diplomatic language and using probing questions. We also introduce some useful English phrases for starting a teleconference meeting, interrupting and clarifying.<\/p>\n