MK's English Working with International Teams
MK's English Working with International Teams is a business English episode on what goes wrong between colleagues in different countries and the language that prevents it. MK's English, a channel of business English episodes for learners at B1, covers the communication problems international teams meet, how meetings and decisions differ from one working culture to another, how to speak up in a group, and the phrases that fit each situation.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The episode works through the communication problems that arise when colleagues share no first language, the differences in how meetings run and decisions are reached from one working culture to another, what it takes to speak up in a group discussion, and the phrases that suit each of those moments. The language is spoken at an even pace and repeated in context.
Listen once for the problems and a second time for the phrases. The section on speaking up is the one to work on, because it gives you a way into a discussion that is already moving, and that is the point where most people stay silent. Keep two phrases for interrupting politely and two for asking someone to repeat, and use them in your next meeting rather than saving them.
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