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Using Short Talks in English Teaching

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What are short talks?

Short talks are a way to improve a student’s pronunciation and to increase their English speaking confidence in a manner that promotes their learning. They are one to three minute talks on any topic that the student wants to present in front of the class, or, when they are more advanced, they can be impromptu talks. In order to be effective, the student should give a short talk in front of the class every two to three ...

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Business English Course Excerpt – Some Words and Phrases Used in Describing Graphs

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Business English Course Excerpt – Some Words and Phrases Used in Describing Graphs

One of the things you may run into in a business situation is having to describe graphs in a meeting or presentation, so this article will deal with English words and phrase you can use in describing graphs. Included in this discussion we will look at how to use verbs and nouns in describing graphs and the different sentence structure each word form uses. Continue Reading →

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Why I teach Business English Lessons/Courses

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Teaching Business English Lessons

Why did I start John’s Online English to teach business English lessons to non-native English speakers?  The simple answer is that I wanted to start my own business.  The long answer, and we’ll look further at this in the blog, is that I looked at different business ideas and came to the conclusion that teaching Business English online was the best business for me.

How did it come to teaching Business English ...

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The Uses of Business English Lessons

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There are many uses for Business English lessons.  One is self-improvement by taking Business English courses you can take your business English to the next level and increase your chances for promotion.  It would also be easier for you to gain employment in international business where you will probably need to deal with overseas people in English.  Related to this would be working for a multinational corporation that would require English for ...

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How to Design an English Presentation

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How to Design Your English Presentation

Part of any Business English Course that deals with presentations will look at how to design or develop your English presentation.  How do you start?  What do you put into it?    In a Business English course this is the method or process that I would advise my students to use when developing their English presentation.  The method that I suggest using is to start at the result that you ...

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What Business English Course to Take?

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As a learner of English, and especially of business English, you have probably asked yourself – What business English course should I take?  The answer to this starts with depends.  I say this because it will depend on a few things such as your English learning goals, what you need at that moment, and what you are interested in.  These factors will be part of your decision making process when deciding on the business English course that you ...

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HR Departments Should Use Online Business English Courses for Corporate Training

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Why do I say that corporate Human Resource Departments should use online Business English courses for corporate training?  Well, besides the fact that I have an Online Business English teaching website with a virtual classroom, it can be useful for developing their employees and increasing their competitiveness.  There are also some other very good reasons.   

One reason is that there is a trend towards using more online learning courses in the corporate world ( Continue Reading →

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What is important for English presentations?

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Many things are important when giving an English presentation and they can include the design, your slides, your English, and your presentation style.

By design I mean the way you develop your presentation up until you finish the slides.  I would suggest that you first start from what result you want to have when you finish giving your presentation.  This can be a sale to the customer, a decision by your peers or bosses, or the information that you want them ...

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