English for Work Archives - Page 2 of 4 - Resources for English Language Learners and Teachers

21st century skills
Creating a job interview role play

Try this free role play lesson plan we created using the Global Scale of English Teacher Toolkit. As we...
By Sue Alderman

November 14, 2017
109 40952
21st century skills
Using the GSE to enhance employability

Students often decide to learn English in order to work in a specific profession or to get a certain type...
By Sue Alderman

October 20, 2017
27 6076
English for Work
6 things to take note of when writing English emails

Every day, an astonishing 205 billion emails are sent and received worldwide. While a huge amount of these are informal...
By Steffanie Zazulak

July 27, 2017
176 47164
English for Work
The international companies using English as a common business language

It is estimated that at least two billion people throughout the world now speak English. Because of this, more international...
By Steffanie Zazulak

April 21, 2017
57 35846
English for Work
How using jargon, idioms and colloquialism confuses English learners

“How do I learn thee? Let me count the ways” Did you get it? To ‘get’ the title of this...
By Kate Fitzpatrick

January 23, 2017
54 17116
English for Work
11 ways you can avoid English jargon at work

From “blue-sky thinking” to “lots of moving parts”, there are many phrases used in the office that sometimes seem to...
By Steffanie Zazulak

January 10, 2017
21 13829
English for Work
The need for plain English in global business

Lauri Buck, Communications Manager at Pearson English, on why communicating in a clear and simple way is important. “Less is...
By Lauri Buck

August 17, 2016
34 25256
English for Work
The benefits of the Global Scale of English for business English

Many people are familiar with the “10,000 Hour Rule” – the theory that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to...
By Catherine Hayes

August 11, 2016
13 8096
English for Work
Why the changing world requires a better way to learn English

There is little doubt that the world is changing rapidly right before our eyes, and certainly nowhere more than in...
By Steffanie Zazulak

June 24, 2016
27 16607
English for Work
Telling stories in the comic world

Today, we take you behind the scenes of the comic world. Read how one incredibly successful artist uses English to...
By Mohamed Shaik

May 26, 2016
28 14029

English for Work

Try this free role play lesson plan we created using the Global Scale of English Teacher Toolkit. As we...

Students often decide to learn English in order to work in a specific profession or to get a certain type...

Every day, an astonishing 205 billion emails are sent and received worldwide. While a huge amount of these are informal...

It is estimated that at least two billion people throughout the world now speak English. Because of this, more international...

“How do I learn thee? Let me count the ways” Did you get it? To ‘get’ the title of this...

From “blue-sky thinking” to “lots of moving parts”, there are many phrases used in the office that sometimes seem to...

Lauri Buck, Communications Manager at Pearson English, on why communicating in a clear and simple way is important. “Less is...

Many people are familiar with the “10,000 Hour Rule” – the theory that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to...

There is little doubt that the world is changing rapidly right before our eyes, and certainly nowhere more than in...

Today, we take you behind the scenes of the comic world. Read how one incredibly successful artist uses English to...