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Business Conversation Games

Reveal the gaps in your business vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation

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Vocabulary For Each Podcast Episode of Experts Speak English

Fluency Boost - Business Conversation Games (scroll down)

1. Rhyming Colloquial Fun (June 2023)

Did you know that in the UK the children start to read 2-3 years younger than in for example Germany. One of the secrets to success is using the fun and giggles behind rhyming language – phonetics. This also helps non-native speakers to spell and pronounce the words correctly. This is not strictly Business English but a bit of fun that will fire up your fluency.

2. Conference Communication Game (March 2023)

After months of Zoom or Teams calls, the conferences are back. Time for more knowledge and network

3. Spontaneous Speaking Prompts 'Reset' (January 2023)

60-90 seconds to speak ‘off the cuff’ about a topic that perhaps you have no idea about. (Scroll Down)

 

4. Business English Quiz (Novernber 2022)

This was the first quiz that I published here on my website. I create a lot of these for companies though.

It was designed as a fun way to review what had been learned.

I always feel a bit ‘guilty’ going over things that we have already done, so this way I get to do that all important review and practice in a way that is enjoyable and memorable.

5. Advanced Words - Can you differentiate, pronounce and use in a sentence?

In the English language there are a lot of very similar words. In this activity I have grouped them together to make you really think about whether you know how to say and use the word in conversation.

 

1. Rhyming Fun

June 2023

2. Conference Communication Game

March 2023

This game was created with Corina, a fellow trainer at some tech companies that we work at. Together we are developing a new programme ‘Bilingual Founders’. Watch this space! 🙂

3. "Reset" Speaking Prompts Game

January 2023

At the beginning of the year, there is often a lot of talk about new year resolutions. This speaking exercise challenges you to give advice to an imaginary friend, relative or colleague about various ‘life resets’.

When you are giving advice it is a good idea to use ‘if clauses’, otherwise known as the conditional.

Try practicing the unusual phrase “If I were you, I would…”

4. Business English Quiz

November 2022

5. Can you differentiate between these tricky words and use them in a sentence?

January 2024

Why play business conversation games?

The trick to feeling more confident actually ‘speaking’ in English, is (not surprisingly) to practice. So if you are stuck for ideas this provides you with some speaking prompts.

You can use this tool to practice on your own or with a friend or colleague but the learning impact will be much greater if you actually speak out loud. It is only when we actually hear ourselves that we realise

“Ahhh! I don’t really know how to say that.”

or

“That doesn’t sound right.”

That is when you notice where the gaps are in your vocabulary, but also your pronunciation and grammar.

There will be regular updates as I love to experiment, so come back soon to play.

If you would like me to provide your organisation with bespoke online training sessions full of creativity, conversation and character, book in for a VIRTUAL TEA BREAK so that I can find out more about what you REALLY need to know how to do in English professionally at work.

How to Video - Learning vocabulary in Threes

3 Vocabulary Learning Tips

  1. Make a note of the vocabulary that you cannot remember.
  2. Instead of making a bilingual list of words (which let’s face it never worked at school either), create an English definition list.
  3. Set yourself a target that is too easy not to hit. 3 words a day?

Remember in 3s

Once in the same hour, even if it is in your head
Once in the same week, in a conversation with a friend or colleague
Once next in a meeting or with more people