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 4 April 2017 looks at the vocabulary of negotiating. Do an exercise and be careful to avoid false friends.
The podcast for 21 March 2017 looks at an important point of grammar: relative clauses and relative pronouns. Listen to our example sentences and decide whether it's possible to leave out the relative pronoun.
The podcast for 7 March 2017 looks at childcare in Australia. As you listen to a short news item, try to answer this question: How much profit did private childcare centres in Australia make in 2016?
The podcast for 21 February 2017 looks at the topic of innovation. In this listening exercise, you will hear a statement and get a moment to decide whether you agree or disagree with what you have heard. You can then find out what our expert, Bob Dignen, says about innovation in his latest Business Skills article.
Skills: Brainstorming
The podcast for 24 January 2017 looks at the vocabulary of small talk. Do an exercise and be careful to avoid false friends.
The podcast for 10 January 2017 gives you the chance to practise a tricky area of English grammar. Try this translation exercise and be careful with the uncountable nouns.
The podcast for 27 December 2016 includes a short news item about actress Meryl Streep and her latest film, Florence Foster Jenkins. Listen carefully and try to answer this question: which year does the film focus on?
The podcast for 13 December 2016 looks at the topic of customer service. In this listening exercise, you will hear a statement and get a moment to decide whether you agree or disagree with what you have heard. You can then find out what our expert, Bob Dignen, says about customer service in his latest Business Skills article.
Vocabulary: Telephoning
The podcast for 22 November 2016 gives you the chance to practise some important grammar. You'll hear two nouns and then the beginning of a sentence with a quantifier, such as much or many. Only one of the two nouns can be used after this quantifier, so listen carefully and then choose the correct one.
The podcast for 8 November 2016 is about a London-based consultancy which specializes in providing IT companies with skilled autistic employees. Listen carefully and try to answer a comprehension question.
The podcast for 25 October 2016 looks at writing the minutes of business meetings. Listen to some statements about minute writing and decide whether you agree or disagree with them.
The podcast for 11 October 2016 looks at the vocabulary of meetings. Do an exercise and be careful to avoid false friends.
The podcast for 27 September 2016 looks at participle clauses. Do an exercise and practise making sentences shorter and more elegant.
