БЭП 289 – Навыки собеседования на английском языке 1: Говоря об опыте

БЭП 289 - English for Job Interviews: Обсуждение предыдущего опыта

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on talking about your work experience during a собеседование на английском языке.

An interview in english might just be one of the most stressful experiences in our working lives. Ставки высоки, because there’s a job on the line. And it’s our one and only shot to show people why they should choose us over all the other applicants.

So how do you convince someone you’re the best candidate? Хорошо, you need to answer their questions, конечно. But you also need to look behind the questions to see what the interviewer is trying to learn about you. And you need to take the questions as opportunities to impress.

Fortunately, there are techniques and language you can learn to help you make a great impression. You can highlight transferable learning from your previous experience. You can also highlight accomplishments and their impact as well as describing your personality. И наконец, you can show why you want to work for the company. In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to use these techniques in a job interview.

In the dialog, you’ll hear Ryan, who’s интервью на английском языке for a job at a large software company. Two managers from the companySandra and Victorare asking questions about Ryan’s experience and personality.

Вопросы для прослушивания

1. What does Ryan say he learned at his previous job?
2. Ryan describes one of his accomplishments. What does he say was the impact of that accomplishment?
3. How does Ryan describe his own personality?

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БЭП 22с – Телефонный английский: Делаем запросы

Business English for Telephoning BEP 22c - Делаем запросы

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to make an enquiry on the телефон на английском. Making an enquiry means that you want to ask a question, or questions, to get information.

Getting information over the telephone in English can be challenging! You need to be very clear about what you need, and sometimes you need to ask the other person for clarification when you can’t hear or don’t understand. If information isn’t correct, or if it’s misunderstood, there could be big trouble. So it’s important that you learn good ways of making telephone enquiries.

What do you actually do when you make an enquiry? Хорошо, начать, you will want to ask for information. That could simply mean telling the other person what you want to know more about. Sometimes you might also use an alternative choice question, likeis it A or is it B?” Giving limited options like that can help make things clear.

Сейчас, what if you can’t hear the other person correctly? Хорошо, you might have to use an expression likesorry, what did you say?” to get the other person to repeat himself. And sometimes a word or abbreviation might not be clear and you might have to spell it out, letter by letter. All of these are ways of making sure your enquiry and the information is clear.

В сегодняшнем диалоге, we’ll hear George, who works for a company called Airtronics. George’s company is writing a proposal to make radios for an aircraft company called Cyclops. George is talking to Simon at Cyclops Aircraft to get some information he needs for his proposal. The telephone connection isn’t always clear, which creates some difficulty in the call.

Вопросы для прослушивания

1. George asks Simon about “shipping,” or delivering the radios. What are the two choices George gives Simon about shipping?
2. At one point, George can’t hear what Simon says. How does George ask Simon to repeat himself?
3. Simon uses two words to make it clear to George that he means “XV.” What are the two words?

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БЭП 274 – Навыки презентации английского языка 1: Начиная

БЭП 274 - Business English Presentation Skills 1

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on getting your Презентация на английском языке off to a good start.

We all know a skilled presenter when we see one. It’s a person who catches our interest right away and connects with the audience. He gives us the information we need without droning on and putting us to sleep. He’s clear about his purpose, he’s organized, and he answers our questions.

But most skilled presenters weren’t born with those skills. They learned to be good presenters. And you can learn the same skills in order to inform, persuade, or motivate any audience. In today’s Презентация на английском языке lesson, we’ll take a closer look at some great techniques you can use at the start of a presentation. We’ll learn how to get started, build rapport with the audience, and introduce a single key idea that can run throughout your presentation. We’ll also cover how to state your purpose and headline your key ideas.

Конечно, your approach to a presentation might be different depending on your audience. So today we will hear two short dialogs from the start of two different презентации на английском языке. In the first, we’ll hear a recruiter named Nick, who works for a medical supplies company. He’s giving a presentation to a group of potential recruits at a university. In the second dialog, we’ll hear a finance manager named Diane giving an internal presentation about her company’s third quarter financial statements.

Вопросы для прослушивания

1. What question does Nick ask his audience at the start of his presentation?
2. What is the key idea that Nick says his company is all about?
3. What does Diane say is the purpose of her presentation?

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Навыки 360 – 9 Хаки для улучшения вашего делового английского (Часть 1)

Навыки 360 - 9 Хаки для улучшения вашего делового английского 1

Добро пожаловать обратно в Навыки 360 for today’s lesson on some quick and easy hacks you can use to improve your business English.

Business is all about relationships, and relationships are founded on good communication. And while English may seem like a difficult language, being a great communicator and connecting with people isn’t rocket science. You can learn just a few techniques that will take your business English skills to the next level. And I’m not talking about learning a thousand new words or some obscure rules of grammar. The tips I want to give you are fully within your grasp right now.

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БЭП 253 – Английский для встреч: Встречи для принятия решений (1)

Деловые встречи на английском языке - Принимая решения 1

Добро пожаловать в модуль Business English Pod на сегодняшний урок по принятию решений в Английские встречи.

Успех в бизнесе зависит от принятия правильных решений. Но принятие правильных решений - это не просто индивидуальный навык.. Это групповой навык. Несколько человек собираются вместе, чтобы обсудить проблему, изучить варианты, и решить, по какому пути идти. С хорошей информацией, хороший процесс принятия решений, и хорошие навыки встреч, участники должны быть в состоянии принять наилучшее возможное решение.

Итак, какие навыки могут быть полезны на встречах для принятия решений? Сегодня мы рассмотрим такие приемы, как формулировка решения, приглашение к обсуждению, и критерии ссылки. Мы также расскажем о проблемах и запросах дополнительной информации..

In the dialog, мы услышим, как группа людей из инженерной компании пытается выбрать компанию технической поддержки для найма. Скотт, как старший партнер, ведет встречу, пока Энн, Дэвид и Келли участвуют. Группа обсуждает возможные варианты, чтобы выбрать лучшую компанию для найма..

Вопросы для прослушивания

1. Что говорит Скотт - это основной вопрос, на который они должны ответить?
2. О чем Келли поднимает в дискуссии?
3. Какую информацию о City Tech хочет знать Дэвид?

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