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Meeting Essentials
This is an e-book brought to you by Business English Pod, the leading provider of
on-demand audio and study tools for business English communication skills, on
the Web at www.businessenglishpod.com. My name is Clayton and I’ll be your
host for this series.
Whether you love them or hate them, meetings are part of almost every job. So
performing well in meetings is a very important skill. People who can express
their opinions, disagree politely, handle the discussion with skill and diplomacy –
these kinds of people succeed in their careers and rise to the top in their
companies.
Meetings come in many types. They include large, formal conferences, like yearend
meetings, and small informal discussions, like a quick chat between team
leaders and their staff. In this 12-chapter e-book on meeting skills, we will learn
useful language for meetings of many different types. The goal is to study all the
essentials you need for participating actively in, and, when required, leading and
managing the discussion.
First we will cover agreeing, disagreeing and expressing opinions in three
chapters. The next two parts look at making, accepting, and rejecting
suggestions. After that, we’ll handle asking for and giving clarification, in two
sections. Finally, in the last four chapters, we’ll look at running a meeting; this
includes kicking it off, managing the discussion, dealing with interruptions, and
finishing up.
In all, this e-book has over four hours
of information-packed audio lessons.
The accompanying study notes
contain a complete transcript of every
chapter, vocabulary definitions, extra
practice questions, and study
strategies. And you can access a wide
variety of additional listening and
language development exercises on
the website, at
www.businessenglishpod.com.
In each chapter, I will introduce the topic, then I’ll play a dialog that
demonstrates the key concepts. Afterwards, in the “debrief” section, I’ll take you
through the main points and explain important vocabulary and idioms. For each
skill, we’ll learn more phrases that you can use. Then, finally, in the practice
section of each debrief, you will have the opportunity to use some of the
language you learned.
Learners often ask me how to study more efficiently and effectively. I have some
suggestions. Listen to each chapter and practice the example phrases multiple
times. First listen without the transcript; then, when you have time, go back and
listen again with the transcript. Underline and look up words you don’t
understand. It’s important to study vocabulary in context: Pay attention to
collocations, or word partnerships, and words in whole sentences, with their
accompanying prepositions and other grammatical characteristics.
Do the practice section of each debrief at least a couple times; try substituting
different language the second time you practice. Substitution helps you increase
your fluency, that is, your ability to say the same thing in many ways. You can
also record yourself, write and act out dialogs, and practice together with a
learning partner. These and many more strategies are covered in the study
notes for each chapter.
Meeting Essentials is targeted for intermediate learners at or around the
Common European Framework (CEF) level B2. This corresponds to a BULATS
score of 3 or higher or an IELTS score of 5 or higher. The materials are
designed, however, to be useful to students at a variety of levels: Intermediate
learners will focus initially on language development whereas upper-intermediate
and more advanced learners can zoom in on skills development, high-level
vocabulary, fluency, confidence and enhancement of overall professionalism.
Meeting Essentials is an official publication of Business English Pod, Ltd.,
copyright 2008, all rights reserved.