You will not believe the strange turn the story takes as Landy describes what he wants to do to Will after he dies! (Listen to Parts 1 and 2 first - so that you know what has happened so far)

Stories to Stimulate!

Will and Mary - Part 3

If you've reached B2 level, your pronunciation will probably be good.  But there are still things that you might be able to improve, to sound more like a native speaker.  

You can use sentence stress, intonation and connected speech to add more meaning and to speak faster.  This podcast contains examples of how we use these features to speak more fluidly.

Please read the transcript as you listen; it contains more notes and some exercises.  

TRANSCRIPT:   
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NHd8AkwPBjvMRA76WFucbBRoL5h6wr-u&usp=drive_fs

English for Business

Sound like a native speaker

This podcast is a very short summary of my pdf course, ‘The Job Interview’
My course contains activities you can do at home, (with answers)  and an interview role-play exercise.  Contact me for details.

Preparing for your interview is very important. If you prepare thoroughly, you will be more confident and relaxed. 

View the transcript:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g7BpW-T3i20o5AOnWxtwW1RpnE_a1hFR&usp=drive_fs

Interview Success

This podcast is a very short summary of my pdf course, ‘Writing a CV.
My course contains some activities you can do at home.  

In the UK it's called a CV,  in the US it's called a résumé . Here is some vocabulary that might get your CV or résumé noticed!   For more help, book a business class with me.

View the transcript:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g7Ncjvhn3OKAQW1UUx7cTc_Zka-cOAu9&usp=drive_fs 

Writing a good CV/resume

This short podcast contains vocabulary for starting and ending a business presentation, and for sequencing, (moving from one topic to the next). 
This podcast is taken from my italki course on making a business presentation.  
Contact me through italki if you want to know more, or book my italki ENGLISH IN THE OFFICE class, for more help with your business presentations.

Podcast transcript :    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z74bTa_FUMhvBW_xDVGiiu4_I5f-tywz&usp=drive_fs

Making a business presentation

When you attend a business meeting, you might want: 
•	to make a suggestion
•	to ask if people agree with your suggestion
•	to make alternative suggestions
•	to brainstorm ideas
•	to agree and politely disagree with other people’s ideas
•	to know how to politely interrupt someone, to correct something they have said, (if you think they are wrong)
•	to know how to ask for clarification (if you don’t understand what someone has said)
•	to offer your advice
•	to report back to the meeting (on what you have done since the last meeting) 

This podcast contains some very simple, useful phrases for each of these areas.  There are many more phrases, in my PDF course. Contact me through italki if you want more details.  

Podcast transcript :  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zDAVXRHTG2lU8TlRv_Ti1qAvAH3f3KYa&usp=drive_fs 


Attending a business meeting

You are a manager, and you have to lead an online meeting.  
How do you find a meeting time that is convenient for everyone? 
What do you say if there are connection problems?    
This podcast contains vocabulary for (1) scheduling a meeting (2) starting an online meeting and dealing with technical problems.   This podcast is a summary of the first part of my course on business meetings.   Contact me if you want to know more.

Podcast transcript :  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z8W1OydOjYt0s1Rvjw_39d72w40HTNSj&usp=drive_fs 

