Business Skills

Do you use too much business jargon?

Michelle Carstens — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:21:06 +0100

Do you use a lot of business jargon in your meetings with native speakers of English? Maybe you shouldn't! In this test, we look at the topic of business jargon — and why some people hate it.

The water industry

Deborah Capras — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:37:24 +0100

Are you surfing our site from home this week? If you are, we hope you're enjoying your break from work. In this exercise, we look at everyday expressions around the topic of water. We start with some useful idioms.

Tricky translations

Kirstie Crail — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:40:59 +0100

We've prepared a short online quiz based on Tricky Translations, a regular section in Business Spotlight magazine. This section focuses on words that are often difficult to translate. How well can you translate between German and English?

Communication idioms

Deborah Capras — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:42:46 +0100

Meetings can test your communication skills. In this test, we focus on idioms that are used to describe effective and ineffective communication.

idiomatische Redewendungen

Full employment!

Deborah Capras — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:00:14 +0100

Work is all about employment — and employers and employees. Our test looks at how to form words from the base word employ. Can you type the correct form in the box to complete our statements?

Forming words from "develop"

Deborah Capras — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:14:54 +0100

When you learn a new word, try to get to know as many "members of the family" as possible. We show you how many there are in the family called develop.

How to help Haitians

Deborah Capras — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:07:57 +0100

When disaster strikes, it's often hard to find the right words. When the disaster is in the form of an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale in Haiti, it's almost impossible.

zuschlagen

Erdbeben

Old language, new usage

Deborah Capras — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:21:06 +0100

Learn a Latin lesson from Monty Python and some Latin phrases from our exercise! You can use many of them in business situations.

Human resources: a new year — a new career?

Deborah Capras — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:21:07 +0100

If you've decided that 2010 is the year you start a career in an English-speaking country, you will need to understand the vocabulary of recruitment. Our test focuses on the language you will need to talk about this topic.

Anwerbung, Einstellung

Thema

One hell of a ride

Kirstie Crail — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:18:11 +0100

As the global financial crisis worsens, the reports get more dramatic. Would you be able to use the right kind of language to describe what's happening now? Take our short test to find out.