{"id":12538,"date":"2019-03-12T15:51:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T23:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2024-01-25T05:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:50:20","slug":"bep-338-business-english-teleconference-online-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/12\/bep-338-business-english-teleconference-online-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 338 &#8211; Teleconference English: Participating in Online Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12538-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP338-Teleconferences2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP338-Teleconferences2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP338-Teleconferences2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 338 LESSON - Online Meetings in English\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP338POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-338-LESSON-English-Online-Meetings.jpg\" alt=\"Business English Pod 338 - Conference Calls in English: Online Meetings\" width=\"900\" height=\"385\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-338-LESSON-English-Online-Meetings.jpg 900w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-338-LESSON-English-Online-Meetings-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-338-LESSON-English-Online-Meetings-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-338-LESSON-English-Online-Meetings-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-338-LESSON-English-Online-Meetings-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-338-LESSON-English-Online-Meetings-400x171.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-338-LESSON-English-Online-Meetings-800x342.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/\" title=\"Business English\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business English Pod<\/a> for today&#8217;s lesson on participating in online meetings and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/teleconferencing\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">teleconference calls in English<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to overstate just how important the phone and laptop are to 21st century business. Can you imagine your work life without these tools? Probably not. If you&#8217;re like most people, the majority of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">English work conversations<\/a> happen with the help of technology. And this includes meetings. More often than not, people don&#8217;t get together in person, but virtually.<\/p>\n<p>But when you can&#8217;t see the people in a meeting, it&#8217;s suddenly more difficult to get your voice heard. You can&#8217;t lean forward or raise your hand to show you want to speak. Instead, you need to find verbal ways of jumping into the conversation. In many cases, this also means identifying yourself so others know who is talking. <\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/teleconferencing\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">online meeting in English<\/a>, you have to be very clear about what you&#8217;re talking about. That might mean skipping back to a comment from earlier in the conversation. And you have to be clear who you&#8217;re talking to, by directing a comment at a specific individual. And finally, because technology never seems to be perfectly reliable, you might find yourself apologizing for technical difficulties. <\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s dialog, we&#8217;ll hear a manager named Gabi leading a teleconference with salespeople from across the U.S. They&#8217;re having an online meeting to plan a sales conference. The participants will use different strategies to participate effectively.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhy does Heather apologize during the meeting?<br \/>\n2.\tWhy does Manuel say \u201cManuel here in KC\u201d at the start of a comment?<br \/>\n3.\tWhen Heather rejoins the conversation, what earlier topic does she want to talk about again?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP338SN-Teleconference2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP338QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP338PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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