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Teach: Professional English Basics
Workplace English lessons for personal study and teacher preparation. Covers emails, meetings, calls, and everyday office interactions. Each lesson includes interactive exercises, discussion prompts, and teacher notes.
Study and preparation
25 lessons for personal workplace-English practice and reviewing teaching approaches.
What you'll learn
How each lesson works
Every lesson mixes short teaching cards with 8-plus kinds of interactive exercises. No passive reading. You practice as you go.
Teaching cards
Short, no-fluff explanations
Multiple choice
Pick the natural option
Fill in the blank
Type the right word
Word reorder
Build sentences from tiles
Match pairs
Connect phrase to meaning
Dialogues
Read + pick the best reply
True / false
Test what you know
Error correction
Fix the sentence
Listening
Play, then answer
Curriculum
25 lessons · 5h 4m total
How to Introduce Yourself (Without Sounding Robotic)
Small Talk That Actually Works
Greetings & Goodbyes: Formal vs. Casual
Writing Emails People Actually Read
Subject Lines, Openings & Sign-Offs
How to Ask for Something Politely in Writing
Following Up Without Being Annoying
Slack & Teams: Writing for Chat
Answering the Phone Like a Pro
Video Call Etiquette & Common Phrases
What to Say When You Don't Understand
Leaving a Voicemail That Gets a Callback
Participating in Meetings (Even When You're Nervous)
Agreeing, Disagreeing & Interrupting Politely
Giving Updates & Status Reports
How to Lead a Meeting in English
Structuring a Short Presentation
Opening Lines That Grab Attention
Transitions, Signposting & Wrapping Up
Handling Q&A With Confidence
Giving Bad News Professionally
Apologizing Without Over-Apologizing
Saying No (Without Burning Bridges)
Navigating Conflict at Work
Putting It All Together: A Day in the Office
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A practical sequence for workplace introductions, messages, calls, and meetings, with realistic tasks and feedback you can adapt to your learners.
Start from what learners need to do at work and a short baseline task. The course provides models and quizzes; the practice task in each lesson checks whether they can communicate independently.
Plan around an actual task
Ask learners which messages, calls, or meetings they find difficult. Use an anonymized or fictional example to identify a specific goal. Choose lessons by need rather than assuming all professionals have the same schedule or confidence.
A workable lesson sequence
Begin with a brief attempt, study one model, complete selected exercises, then run the practice task. Give feedback on purpose and essential details first. Repeat with a changed deadline, audience, or problem. Course reading time and a taught lesson with practice are different; allow roughly 30-60 minutes and adapt.
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