Work and exams — spoken English guides
Speaking English where it counts: job interviews, meetings, presentations, customer-facing work and the IELTS speaking test. What examiners and managers listen for.
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English for Customer-Facing Jobs: Phrases That Do the Work
In service roles the same fifty sentences cover ninety per cent of the day. Learn those and the job stops being a language test.
Presenting in English: The One Advantage You Have
Presentations are the easiest speaking task in a second language, because you control everything. Here is how to use that.
Business English for Meetings: How to Get a Turn and Keep It
The hardest part of a meeting in a second language is not the vocabulary. It is entering the conversation at all.
English Job Interview Answers: Structure Beats Vocabulary
Interviewers remember whether your answer had a shape, not whether your grammar was perfect. Here is the shape.
IELTS Speaking Test Tips: What Examiners Actually Score
Four criteria, three parts, eleven to fourteen minutes. Here is what raises a band and what candidates waste preparation time on.