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Spotlight Audio gives you not only American English and British English, but often Australian, South African, Irish and other regional forms of pronunciation in 60 minutes of interviews, exercises and dialogues.

English at work: Dealing with interruptions

Let’s join Ken Taylor for some helpful information and an exercise on dealing with interruptions in a meeting.

What would you ask for: "Auskunft" or "Service Point"? Photo: DB AG

What do you do? Basic business grammar - Easy

What do "Service Point" staffers actually do? Perhaps their job is similar to yours. Brush up your business grammar with a review of 12 mistakes you might make when you talk about what you do at work.

Make an investment in knowledge

Mike Pilewski writes: "American businesses hire consultants to give them valuable advice."

English at Work: How do I know who's calling?

When you answer the phone at work, do you expect the caller to give you his or her name? International calls can be confusing. Here to help us sort it all out is business expert Ken Taylor.

Ursula Burns will become the first African American CEO at Xerox.

African-American woman gets top job at Xerox

In a 2003 interview with The New York Times, Ursula Burns, the new CEO of Xerox, said she grew up poor on Manhattan's Lower East Side with "lots of Jewish immigrants, Hispanics and African-Americans, but the common denominator was poverty."

Running, working or doing? - Easy

There are many expressions to talk about work containing the verbs "to run", "to work" and "to do". An exercise from the Spotlight Online archive.

English at Work

This week on the Spotlight podcast , our business communications expert Ken Taylor looks at useful words and phrases for press conferences.

English at Work: Hiring someone

Every month in Spotlight magazine, there is a section on business English. Here on the podcast, Spotlight’s Mark Shillaker presents the language of “hiring someone”.

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<small>Business Minimax 2</small> <br>English for Business Writing / Negotiating / Telephoning

Business Minimax 2 English for Business Writing / Negotiating / Telephoning

Jetzt erhältlich: Ein neues Business-Minimax-Set! Jeder Titel fasst zu einem ausgewählten Thema Vokabeln, Wendungen und Regeln zusammen: Korrespondenz, Telefonieren und Verhandeln.