English Flux Working in International Teams (C1 Vocabulary Lesson)
English Flux Working in International Teams teaches fifteen words and expressions used by colleagues working across cultures, then tests them. English Flux, a site of vocabulary and grammar lessons arranged by level, places this lesson at C1 in a unit on living across cultures, and pairs the fifteen items with twelve practice questions on the same screen.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The fifteen items include miscommunication, blunt, lost in translation, take offence, save face, be on the same page, meet a deadline, push back, speak your mind, cultural norm, chain of command, defer to, reach a consensus, ground rules and let's take this offline. Each is learnt on its own card, then twelve questions test them. Three further lessons sit in the same unit.
Work through the fifteen cards in one sitting and take the twelve questions straight afterwards, while the items are still fresh. The phrases matter more than the single words here: save face, push back, defer to and let's take this offline are what you will hear in a meeting and cannot be worked out from their parts. Come back to the quiz a few days later to see what has stayed.
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