The Business Spotlight Podcast
Summary: Improve your business English with the Business Spotlight podcast. Our weekly podcast will help you to improve your listening skills and practise your spoken English in an fun and innovative way. Written especially for learners of English and produced by the same people who bring you Business Spotlight magazine, Business Spotlight plus and Business Spotlight audio CD, our podcasts are an entertaining language-learning resource. Work on your English so you can work in English!
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Podcasts:
The podcast for 10 October 2017 looks at the topic of acting strategically at work. Listen to a statement and decide whether you agree or disagree with it.
The podcast for 26 September 2017 looks at modifiers and adjectives. In this grammar exercise, you'll hear two modifying words and then a sentence with a gradable or an ungradable adjective in it. Choose the modifier that is best suited to the adjective.
In our podcast for 12 September 2017, you can listen to a short news item about a Chinese photographer called Chen Man. As you listen to our story, try to answer this question: how many different races does Chen Man say there are in China?
The podcast for 29 August looks at the vocabulary of presentations. Do an exercise and be careful to avoid false friends.
The podcast for 22 August 2017 looks at the skills you need to take part in a job interview – either as the interviewer or the interviewee.
The podcast for 8 August 2017 looks at email vocabulary. Do a short translation exercise and be careful to avoid false friends.
Our podcast for 25 July 2017 is about grammar and involves translating from German to English. You'll hear a German sentence. In the pause, translate it into English using "there" or "it" at the beginning of the sentence.
The podcast for 11 July 2017 looks at the topic of "green burials". Listen to a short news item and try to answer this question: what percentage of Americans said in 2015 that they would be open to a green burial?
Skills: Risk management
Our podcast for 20 June 2017 is about talking clearly and convincingly to your line manager about your performance at work. In this listening exercise, you will hear a number of statements and get a moment to decide whether you agree or disagree with what you've heard.
Our podcast for 6 June 2017 looks at the vocabulary of business travel. Do an exercise and be careful to avoid false friends.
With our podcast for 23 May 2017, you can practise some grammar relating to multi-word verbs. You'll hear a sentence with a multi-word verb and then two options. Decide which option refers to the meaning of the multi-word verb.
In our podcast for 9 May 2017, you can listen to a short news item from Britain about the amounts that office staff spend on work parties, etc. As you listen to our story, try to answer this question: according to a British study, how much does the average office worker spend on such expenses over a 40-year career?
The podcast for 25 April 2017 looks at the topic of time management. Listen carefully and then choose the most appropriate explanation for the word or phrase you have heard.
The podcast for 18 April 2017 looks at how to avoid serious misunderstandings by checking facts.
