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Learning English For Work

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Short podcasts to improve your English at work.

Want to write better emails? Confused by the jargon at your office? Need to apply for a job in English?

We talk about the language used in international workplaces and help you improve your business English.

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March 16 · 6 min
Office English: Disagreements
What do you do when there's a disagreement at work? Pippa and Phil talk about this.
March 9 · 7 min
Office English: Goals
Pippa and Phil talk about language for performance reviews and career conversations.
March 2 · 8 min
Office English: Apologies
When should you apologise at work, and what's the best way to do it? Is it ever wrong?
February 23 · 9 min
Office English: Rules
What is the difference between a rule and a guideline? When is it OK to break the rules?
February 16 · 10 min
Office English: Organising meetings
Do you find it difficult to organise meetings or keep them focused?
February 9 · 9 min
Office English: Small talk
Pippa and Phil talk about which topics to use at work with people you don't know.
February 2 · 9 min
Business Jargon: Should we use jargon?
Lots of people find jargon annoying. Is it useful in the workplace?
January 26 · 9 min
Business Jargon: Jargon about technology
Pippa and Phil talk about remote working has impacted language at work.
January 19 · 6 min
Business Jargon: Jargon about success
Pippa and Phil talk about common phrases for goals, measuring them and how we succeed.
January 12 · 6 min
Business Jargon: Jargon about delays
Pippa and Phil talk about some common business jargon that is used to talk about delays.
January 5 · 7 min
Business Jargon: Jargon about workload
Pippa and Phil talk about some common business jargon to help you talk about workloads.
Dec 29, 2025 · 9 min
Business Jargon: Jargon for ideas
Pippa and Phil talk about some common phrases people use to talk about ideas at work.
Dec 22, 2025 · 6 min
Business Jargon: Jargon for organising
Pippa and Phil talk about the business jargon often used by managers.
Dec 15, 2025 · 6 min
Business Jargon: Jargon for meetings
Pippa and Phil talk about the business jargon people use in meetings at work.
Dec 8, 2025 · 7 min
Business Jargon: What is jargon?
Pippa and Phil talk about business jargon and the strange phrases people use at work.
Dec 1, 2025 · 10 min
Work in the future: How can we stay cyber safe?
Pippa and Phil talk about the threat of cyber crime at work.
Nov 24, 2025 · 10 min
Work in the future: How do generations work together?
Pippa and Phil talk about older and younger people in the workplace.
Nov 17, 2025 · 8 min
Work in the future: Should we work fewer hours?
Pippa and Phil talk about flexible work and whether it benefits employees.
Nov 10, 2025 · 11 min
Work in the future: Does office design impact our work?
Pippa and Phil talk about office design and how it affects the way we work.
Nov 3, 2025 · 10 min
Work in the future: Will AI take over our jobs?
Pippa and Phil talk about how AI might change the world of work.

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