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Hello and welcome back to another little snippet.
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These are my short.
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five minute episodes.
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full of business English communication tips to help boost your confidence.
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So in this one, I really want to center my tips on communicating effectively to peers and executives.
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Let me give you some context.
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"I have a client.
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And I was meeting with them this week.
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They work in...
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a large multinational company and they work in the technical department.
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It's a very, very technical role.
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Previously, they were a consultant. And they were.
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working on projects, but now they're working within the company, if that makes sense.
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Also, I just want to touch very quickly on something that comes up a lot.
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What's the difference between freelance and consultant?
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Boats.
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describe different modes of working or being self -employed.
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However, what I would say is that freelance is often used for more creative industries.
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And it can have the connotation of being more informal.
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So if you work in professional services, and you have done some consulting, I would call yourself a consultant.
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rather than a freelance.
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Anyway.
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This person is actually really...
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overqualified for the role that they're doing.
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And that's not them boasting or showing off.
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In fact, they said something to me the other day, they said a football analogy, they said, You know, it's like I'm being played as the goalkeeper, but I should be the forward.
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and the thing that they said that's holding them back Thank you is communication.
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They've had this feedback, they've said, you need to work on your communication skills,
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it's not clear enough, And what they find really difficult is getting executives on board.
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with their messages.
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We've been looking at that this week
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and that's what I'm going to talk about today
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and give you some tips based on the things that we had a look at in those sessions, because I think it could be really useful for you.
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They are working on a really big transformational change project and they really need to sell that project to the exec board.
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And these are some of the points that we looked at when we were doing the sessions this week.
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The first thing before anything, coming back to the point about getting feedback, If you get the feedback that is your communication isn't clear,
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I would really suggest you try and get more specific feedback.
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That's the first point.
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try and help them out a little bit and direct them to the points that they may
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be able to help you out with, for example, is it pronunciation?
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other specific words Is it the pace?
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Am I speaking too fast?
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Is it content?
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Is there too much content?
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Is it like content overload?
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Is it structure?
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Could I order it better?
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Is it the length?
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Do I take too long?
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try to get more specific feedback.
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because your communication isn't clear, is not really very helpful for you for a starting point.
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Secondly, think about what the key message actually is.
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Just spend some time to think about it.
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What is it that you want them to walk out of the room?
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thinking about. or remembering.
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Not how you want to say it in English.
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Don't start there.
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just start brainstorming your thoughts then you can work it out a little bit more in english later
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but sit and think what is the key message what you want them to remember what is it important
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that they know Next point, number three is try to link to the results and impact.
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This is especially important if you're trying to persuade people why they should do something.
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For example, in this session, I was constantly trying to remind them to come back to This means that.
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This means that we will lose revenue.
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or this will enable us to.
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bring in more customers.
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or this will lead to.. higher profits.
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So use phrases that link to the impact and the results.
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Finally, think about how you can beef up your message.
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Beef up is a funny little phrasal verb But just like when you add meat to a spaghetti bolognese, you give it flavour, you give it substance.
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It's the same thing here.
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you give strength to something.
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Think about adverbs, adjectives and quantifiers.
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For example, rather than saying this is good for our customers, Why don't you say this is excellent for our customers.
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rather than saying this will reduce churn You could say this will greatly reduce churn.
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And rather than saying, then this will increase revenue, you could say this will increase revenue a lot. or significantly.
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None of these things are outside of your reach.
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They're all very simple, straightforward little things.
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but they do make a difference to the impact of your wording.
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Let me just run through that again then.
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Number one, try to get more specific feedback if you get your communication isn't clear.
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Think about what the key message actually is.
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use phrases that link back to the results and impact, And finally, think about how you can beef up your message.
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All right, I hope that was helpful.
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See you in the next one.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “309. Communicating Effectively with Executives: Little Snippet”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: feedback, communication, message, impact, specific. Questo video contiene 84 frasi e 871 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:32. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 157 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 88% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| consultant sostantivo | /kənˈsʌl.tənt/ | consulente |
| churn verbo | /t͡ʃɝn/ | frullare, sbattere |
| adjective sostantivo | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | aggettivo |
| bolognese sostantivo | /ˌboʊləˈniz/ | ragù alla bolognese, ragù bolognese |
| brainstorming sostantivo | brainstorming | |
| connotation sostantivo | /ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən/ | connotazione |
| overload verbo | /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/ | sovraccaricare |
| quantifier sostantivo | /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/ | quantificatore |
| pronunciation sostantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronuncia, pronunzia |
| boast verbo | /boʊst/ | vantarsi |
| multinational aggettivo | multinazionale | |
| analogy sostantivo | /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/ | analogia, somiglianza |
| verb sostantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| goalkeeper sostantivo | /ˈɡoʊl.kiːpɚ/ | portiere |
| persuade verbo | /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/ | persuadere, convincere |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| come up verbo | venire fuori, emergere |
| show off verbo | vantare, vantarsi |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- What's the difference between freelance and consultant?
- Am I speaking too fast?
- Could I order it better?
- Do I take too long?
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 14 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come isn't, they're, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: connotation /ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: connotation /ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən/, quantifier /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: freelance /ˈfɹiˌlæns/, consultant /kənˈsʌl.tənt/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, bolognese /ˌboʊləˈniz/, overload /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: freelance /ˈfɹiˌlæns/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come consultant, churn, adjective.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.