Advanced Business English - Phrases ONLY Professionals Use

people speak differently in the workplace in  interviews when they're giving a speech than  

they do at a party in a bar with their friends  or family in a casual situation in this english  

lesson we're going to talk about how to sound  more professional our go natural english teacher  

diane is going to share several phrases and  little tricks that you can use to quickly actually  

instantly sound much more professional with your  english speaking and i'm going to show you how  

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now are you ready to sound more professional  with teacher diane's tips well here we go  

let's jump into the english lesson hi i'm diane  from gonaturalenglish.com your personal english  

coach and motivator sounding professional at work  or at a job interview can be very intimidating  

especially if english is your second language i  remember being scared when i tried to sound more  

professional because i lacked confidence in my  speech oftentimes confidence can take you a long  

way even if you're not a fluent english speaker  but today we're going to improve our professional  

english speech whether you have a job interview  a business meeting or you just want to sound more  

fluent and proper at work today is going to be the  day that you learn how to sound more professional  

keep in mind that what we're going to learn  today is not really used when talking to a friend  

on a date or at a party this is not what you  how you would sound in a casual conversation  

sometimes some terms are used interchangeably  but let's just keep in mind that this is for  

a business situation and if you like these  english tips that help you become fluent faster  

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i encourage you to start paying attention how  your bosses or coworkers talk to each other and  

that way you get used to okay this is how they  sound at work and then pay attention to how  

maybe your friends sound outside of work there may  be a difference so pay close attention to that i  

would even start paying attention to movies  tv shows they do make that clear distinction  

when they are in a business office setting and  whether they are at a park or outside of an office  

and what we're going to learn today can also  apply to work emails if you have trouble  

writing professional emails in english you could  apply these terms and phrases to the emails that  

you have to write at work here are my top 15  professional american english phrases that you'll  

hear in a business professional setting number  one back to the drawing board to start with a  

new idea after all other ideas have failed let's  go back to the drawing board since our last idea  

didn't really work out with the client and this  one in particular can also be used casually like  

you have all these ideas that you want to do  something with a friend but they all failed so  

you can say let's go back to the drawing board  let's start over you can say it in a casual way  

too two to touch base this means to stay in touch  after a meeting like a brief follow-up talk after  

something that you had discussed i will touch base  with you to see how the project is coming along  

number three reach out it means to get in contact  with someone it could be a phone call or an email  

can you reach out to the client to make sure that  we are good to go and when you hear that it could  

be a call or an email it's not very specific it  just means to get in touch with somebody to make  

sure that they are responding or responsive number  four forward planning is just a fancy way to say  

planning forward planning is crucial for our  business to grow forward planning is just  

planning you plan something for the future i think  it's a little redundant but it is used in business  

english number five let me elaborate this means to  explain something in detail it's just a fancy word  

for to explain something he will elaborate on our  business plan during the meeting today number six  

to be proactive to take initiative on a task or  a project without being asked we always need to  

be proactive to get more sales number seven due  diligence to do good research prior to making a  

decision i did my due diligence before accepting  the deal number eight going forward it just means  

that from this point on something will start going  forward everyone needs to come into the office at  

7 00 am instead of 8 am number 9 a brief overview  it just means a summary of what was talked about  

let's do a brief overview of what we talked about  last week in the meeting number 10 down the line  

that literally means in the future down the line  means in the future things might change down the  

line so we need to be proactive and adjust these  changes 11. best course of action it just means  

the best plan our best course of action is to  meet with our investors next week number 12  

streamline just means to simplify a process the  shipping process needs to be streamlined so that  

we can improve our turnaround time number 13 quick  recap it is exactly the same as a brief overview  

it's just a summary of what was talked about or  discussed in a previous meeting to quickly recap  

we need to improve on our customer service 14. to  get the ball rolling to start something let's get  

the ball rolling by introducing ourselves number  15 keep me in the loop to keep someone updated  

keep me in the loop about our future clients these  all may sound more difficult than they really are  

it's just fancy english business jargon that may  sound complicated but it's really not you will get  

used to it just start paying attention when you're  at work or watching movies how conversations or  

the vocabulary might change when a group of people  are in a business meeting or at work versus the  

park or on a date or at a party i suggest to  practice these phrases in front of the mirror  

maybe record yourself so you can practice and hear  yourself how you would sound as a professional  

english speaker and most important of all  have confidence in yourself there's nothing  

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description and thank you so much for watching  my video today i'll see you in my next one bye