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Notizie di affari 05 – Riunioni virtuali

Inglese commerciale, Notizie di affari, Comunicazione, Inglese per riunioni / novembre 23, 2006

How do you conduct your meetings? Face-to-face, al telefono, by videoconference or maybe even using VOIP/Skype? BENE, now there is a new way – incontri virtuali, or meetings where participants are represented by computer generated characters.

Listen to how IBM is using the virtual world of a website called Second Life as the next best thing to in person corporate meetings. After listening to the article, we’ll highlight some of the new vocabulary and provide definitions and further examples.

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BEP 22 – Telefonare: Gestione delle domande e problemi tecnici

Inglese commerciale, Podcast ESL, Inglese intermedio, Telefono inglese / novembre 13, 2006

A new version of this lesson is available here: BEP22c – Telefono inglese: Fare richieste

In this Business English Podcast lesson we continue our series on making telephone calls in English by looking at how to deal with technical problems and clarify information using alternative choice questions. This questioning technique is useful when you need to clarify important information or reach a decision.

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BEP 21 – Telefonare: Apertura di chiamate e ricezione di messaggi

Inglese commerciale, Podcast ESL, Inglese intermedio, Telefono inglese / novembre 8, 2006

A new version of this lesson is available here: BEP 21 UN – Competenze telefoniche: Avvio di una chiamata

This is an intermediate level Business English Podcast on making telephone calls in English. Some of the key language phrases we cover in this episode are: identificare te stesso e il chiamante, affermando lo scopo della chiamata e lasciando un messaggio.

These telephone calls are about a contract between a large aircraft company and one of its suppliers, also known as a subcontractor. The contracts department from the client is calling to ask about a proposal it is expecting from the supplier for a new contract. Il tempo è molto breve per ricevere tutte le proposte, e così lontano, la compagnia aerea non ha ricevuto nulla da questo fornitore.

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BEP 20 – Incontri: Supportare la tua posizione (Parte 3)

Avanzate, Inglese commerciale, Inglese per riunioni, Podcast ESL / ottobre 29, 2006

A new version of this lesson is available here: BEP 20c – Presenting a Cohesive Argument

In the final episode of our three-part series on supporting your position in meetings, we look at language used to make your statements more persuasive.

Jack is going to summarize his proposal for the move to Costa Rica and hopes to get a final recommendation on the outsourcing project to present to the Board. He must persuade the managers to proceed, and answer the objections raised at the last meeting.

Key language: Making coherent, argomenti persuasivi, and effective use of language to support your arguments.

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