February 2021 - The English Training Company

Why is it so important to warm-down your English? Why is it so important to warm-down your English? Business English training. Why is it so important to warm-down your English? Warm-down is what sports people, athletes and amateurs (like me) do AFTER doing sport or exercise to take care of their bodies and to understand […]

Facilitating good online meetings in English. Facilitating good online meetings in English. Online meetings can be good, average or just bad. Webex, Zoom and Teams are the most popular videoconferencing platforms with our clients (companies and professionals). What makes a good meeting in English? And what makes a good meeting for participants in English? Facilitating […]

Closing meetings in English. Meetings in English. Closing meetings in English. How to summarise, clarify and close meetings in English. Closing meetings in English Meetings in English. Meetings continue and shorter meetings work much better online. The shorter they are the better they work. We’re big fans of ‘Agile Scrum’ meetings, which is a way […]

Presenting data in English. Business English. Presenting data in English. We give you some useful techniques and business vocabulary from our training to help you. We like what Harvard Business Review says about ‘Presenting data like a Pro’.  Here are some key ideas. “Knowing how to develop and deliver a data-driven presentation is now a […]

Does Using Jargon Help Or Harm Your Communication In English? Business English. Does Using Jargon Help Or Harm Your Communication In English? What do you think? And what is jargon? Here is a good definition of jargon from wikipedia. RESEARCH. Columbia Business School’s research showed, ‘using an excessive amount of jargon harms your communication because it […]