Do You Struggle with English in Meetings? Watch this.

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Do you work in an English-speaking workplace? Follow my tips to feel more confident and comfortable using English at work — especially in meetings. Meetings in English can be stressful it’s not your first language. In this class, I’ll teach you key English vocabulary for meetings and give you strategies to understand more and feel confident at work. https://www.engvid.com/english-for-work-meetings-vocabulary-tips-you-need/ All EngVid business English lessons: https://www.engvid.com/topic/business-english/ Keep improving your workplace English with these lessons! https://youtu.be/8KMZeaPnj84 https://youtu.be/VcQ62U0GyGE In this lesson: 0:00 English in the Workplace: My top tips 1:22 Problem: I don't understand during meetings 4:11 Learn key meeting words 4:43 housekeeping 6:12 takeaways & take-homes 6:59 action items 7:51 Review the minutes 9:48 Find a meeting buddy 10:28 Confirm what you heard 11:41 Problem: I'm in the hot seat! 12:37 Stay calm! 13:23 Buying time 14:06 Offer a follow-up 14:56 Toastmasters 16:27 Problem: Too many new words! 17:04 Words can have specialized meanings 19:35 Learn frequently repeated words 20:06 Watch workplace shows 21:37 Watch EngVid Business English lessons TRANSCRIPT: Hello. My name is Emma, and today we are going to talk about English in the workplace. So many of you might work in an English environment. Maybe you have a job where everybody speaks English. So in today's video, I'm going to talk about how to improve your listening and your speaking if you're working in a place that is an English environment. We're going to, first of all, talk about some of the common problems English language learners have when they work in an English workplace. And then I'm going to give you some tips and strategies to solve these problems, or to make you more confident and comfortable during meetings, when making small talk with co-workers, or when doing other activities that involve listening and speaking. I also, before we begin, wanted to thank my colleagues, Tatiana, Fabiola, Hanada, as well as Gabriela. My colleagues really helped me to come up with these lesson ideas because they are all people who are using English in a workplace environment when it's not their first language, so thank you so much for your help with this video. So one of the biggest problems people who are learning English have when they work in an English environment is they have a difficult time understanding and listening during meetings. So I want to first talk about this problem, and then give some tips on how to deal with this problem. So, the reason it's difficult when you're in a meeting and English is not your first language is there are usually a lot of people talking during meetings. You have to listen to different accents, different people have different words they might use, so this can be very challenging. Another issue is there can be a lot of other information in meetings, so you're concentrating on the English, but you're also trying to understand, you know, what the meeting's about, maybe things about the company, so your brain is concentrating and working very hard during meetings. So what can you do to help yourself understand better during meetings? Well, my first tip is that if you can, you should prepare for the meeting in advance. One way to do this is by using the agenda. So an agenda is when you're sent the plan for the meeting. The agenda is the plan for the meeting. It will tell you what will be discussed. What is the point of the meeting? Who is going to say things at the meeting? That sort of information is in the agenda. So if somebody emails you an agenda, look at the agenda. Think about the agenda and think about what might be discussed. By thinking about these things in advance, you're preparing your brain to accept the information during the meeting. Another thing you can do is sometimes you might have readings or slides sent in advance of a meeting. It's always good to read whatever is sent to you about a meeting to prepare for it. Again, this is really important if English is not your first language because it gives you more time to think about the information. So that is one key strategy, prepare for the meeting in advance. And if you don't know what's going to be talked about, if there's no agenda, no slides, you can also try to predict what might be discussed. So think about why are they calling this meeting, what might be discussed. Even by just thinking about it, you're starting to prepare your brain for the meeting in advance. […]