How to understand everyone - Business English communication lesson
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How to understand everyone - Business English communication lesson

B1IntermediateOctober 19, 202627 min
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Send us Fan Mail If you want to understand your colleagues, clients, and customers every time they speak English, then today I’ve got a strategy for you that means that you’ll always understand what they’re talking about. Today we’re talking about the worst question that you can ask, the best question that you can replace it with, and a technique called looping for understanding that can really improve your professional communication. Then we’ll finish with our English grammar quiz. Also, if you're studying for the IELTS, TOEFL, DET or Camb...

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Let's talk about how to make sure you understand everything that everyone says all the time, always. Okay, maybe that's a strong claim to make, but today I'm going to give you two of the most powerful tools that you can use in your professional communication to improve your

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understanding of your colleagues, clients and customers. My name is Chris, I am a business English and communication coach and I've personally worked with over 1,000 international professionals just like you to improve the way they communicate in English. This is the Breakout Business English podcast and I believe this is actually episode 100 which is a wonderful milestone, an exciting

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achievement, so if you've been listening since the terrible days of episode one then well done for making it this far. Okay so first I want to start by establishing what I think is the most useless question that anyone can ever ask. This is a question that almost never has any value, a question that never moves a conversation forward and rarely improves

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