{"id":1095,"date":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:19:48","slug":"improving-your-business-english-for-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/improving-your-business-english-for-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Your Business English for Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1095\" class=\"elementor elementor-1095\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost of our Business English students start with the same worry: speaking up in meetings and interviews. Fatima Essop, our Business English facilitator, tells them to practise a little every day. Read one short article aloud each morning. Write three sentences about your workday each evening.\n\nSmall habits add up faster than one long weekend session.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Confidence in English grows when you speak it often, even if you make mistakes at first.\n\n<cite>Fatima Essop<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nAt our Umhlanga campus, students practise real workplace conversations such as phone calls, emails and short presentations. Ask a colleague or classmate to correct you kindly, and keep a notebook of new words.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-south-african-college-admissions-advisor-standing-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"South African college admissions advisor standing beside a blank chalkboard holding an open application folder, with cle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-south-african-college-admissions-advisor-standing-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-south-african-college-admissions-advisor-standing-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-south-african-college-admissions-advisor-standing-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-south-african-college-admissions-advisor-standing-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-south-african-college-admissions-advisor-standing-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-close-up-of-an-adult-college-student-s-desk-at-vaa-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of an adult college student&apos;s desk at Vaardig College: an open ruled A4 notepad with handwriting, a stack of pl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-close-up-of-an-adult-college-student-s-desk-at-vaa-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-close-up-of-an-adult-college-student-s-desk-at-vaa-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-close-up-of-an-adult-college-student-s-desk-at-vaa-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-close-up-of-an-adult-college-student-s-desk-at-vaa-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/coaching-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vaardig-college-close-up-of-an-adult-college-student-s-desk-at-vaa-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practise speaking every day<\/h4>\n\n<p>Find a study partner and speak English for ten minutes a day. Talk about your job, your plans or the news. Record yourself on your phone and listen back. You will hear where to slow down and which words need work.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build a workplace vocabulary<\/h4>\n\n<p>Write down words from emails, notices and meetings at work. Learn five new words a week and use them in a sentence. Our facilitators check this list with you in class and help you use each word naturally.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of our Business English students start with the same worry: speaking up in meetings and interviews. Fatima Essop, our Business English facilitator, tells them to practise a little every day. Read one short article aloud each morning. Write three sentences about your workday each evening. 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