Christine Burgmer | Blog

Thanks to the BBC for those royal wedding moments you might have missed.

This BBC course gives you useful language and phrases to improve your spoken communication skills in English in different business situations.  Each section features audio, target language and a quiz – all of which are downloadable. You’ll also have the opportunity to practise and test your understanding of the language.

If you would like to keep up with what is going on in the UK, then check out the BBC iPlayer console.  There are different tabs at the top of the console: ‘Home’, ‘Now Playing’, ‘More like this’ and ‘Live radio’.  Click on ‘Live radio’ and choose your station.

The UK’s new prime minster, David Cameron, has banned his cabinet ministers from using mobile phones and Blackberrys in meetings.  You might like to read the BBC News article here.

What do you think?  Should people be allowed to take their mobile phones and Blackberrys into meetings?  What are the rules at your place of work?

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The BBC can help you improve your knowledge of English across a wide range of topics with its 6 minute English programme.  Find out, for example, what the benefits of ‘staycations‘ are!

Talking Business is a BBC course which gives you useful language and phrases to improve your spoken communication skills in English in a number of different business situations.  For example, do you know how to agree and disagree with someone?