English for Business Blog

Interrupting in a foreign language is difficult because when your opportunity comes you often can’t find the right word. Therefore, it’s essential to memorise a few examples (click on the link to see a list) and use them without delay but always remember to be polite....

During a limited time our students and friends will be able to download our business dictionary for free. This dictionary holds over 16,000 entries from many fields, such as management, accounting, taxes, retailing, finance, law, social media, production, budgeting,...

Amparo, one of my students, was invited to speak at a women’s association in Boston. I helped prepare her speech but after we had finished she said: “It’s too impersonal. Is there any way I could be seen as someone who’s closer to them?” There are many. One of the...

Para conocer el nivel inicial de un alumno de idiomas, comprobar que haya avanzado y verificar si ha cumplido con sus objetivos necesitamos un sistema imparcial que nos permita medir su evolución desde el comienzo hasta el fin de sus estudios. La clasificación de...

I recently taught a student who told me he felt frustrated when he watched films in English because he couldn’t understand the dialogues and invariably gave up within a few minutes. After chatting for some time we came up with two ideas: one, that study is not the...