Monday 26 January 2015

Small Talk

In most English-speaking countries, it is normal and necessary to make "small talk" in certain situations. 

Practical English Conversations with Audio 1 – Small Talk

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Charities 2B Changing Lives

The story of a British family whose holiday to Uganda changed their lives and led them to set up a charity to help build a new school for orphan children.
Adelante África

Tuesday 20 January 2015

Taking a message

Read the phone conversation and then check your understanding with this multiple choice comprehension quiz.

Direct vs Indirect Questions

Correcting your emails I have noticed that you have problems when you use this type of questions. Watch this video and then do the exercises

Practice activities
Try this quiz

Thursday 15 January 2015

Voice Mail Greetings

Your voicemail greeting is very important as it can be the first contact people have with you or your company. 
http://www.everyvoicemail.com/vm-samplegreetings.htm

Tuesday 13 January 2015

Business interviews

Improve your vocabulary, listening or reading skills by doing the quizzes.


Step 1 Play the Video. The first time, try to listen with the captions off.

Step 2 Take the Quiz. After listening, open the quiz and try to answer the questions.

Step 3 Listen with Captions


Business Basics

Dan Andrews from the Lifestye Business Podcast talks about running a small-sized business.

Business in Bali

Dan talks about why he likes to run his business from Bali and places in Southeast Asia.

Dan, and American ex-pat, talks about nice places to work from or run a company in Asia.

Monday 12 January 2015

Office phone

Learn the most common phrases an expressions for making phone calls in English.You will learn how to answer the phone, how to ask to speak to someone, and how to take a message. You will also learn how to cancel an appointment and reschedule for another time.

Friday 9 January 2015

Present Perfect Simple or Continuous?

In this video lesson you will find easy and clear explanations of when and how to use the present perfect continuous (I have been doing) and when to use the present perfect (I have done).

Present Perfect Continuous Exercises
Anastacia Left outside alone
Foreigner Waiting for a girl like you

Numbers

This lesson deals with many common numbers, big and small, currencies, percentages and fractions, and confusing numbers with similar pronunciation.