SQA Education English on the Job: Top 40 Essential Business English Phrases
SQA Education English on the Job: Top 40 Essential Business English Phrases sets out the vocabulary and expressions used in United States workplaces, from small talk to requests, task updates and meetings. SQA Education teaches newcomers to the United States, and the article is written for learners working in offices, stores, restaurants and factories.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The article explains why workplace English matters, then works through forty words and phrases in groups: essential workplace vocabulary, common workplace actions, time and task management, meetings and collaboration, and phrases for professional communication, including requests. Each entry is explained in plain English with an example sentence.
Read the group that matches your own job, whether that is an office, a store, a restaurant or a factory, and learn the handful of words in it you do not use yet. Each entry shows you the phrase in a sentence, so you can hear how it sounds before you say it at work. Come back to the requests section when you need to ask a colleague or a manager for something.
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