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March 4, 2008Authored by: Geoffrey Smith
English for Meetings
Useful phrases, vocabulary and tips
 
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English for Meetings
Useful phrases, vocabulary and tips
Contents
I
NTRODUCTION
................................................................................................................ 3O
VERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE OF A TYPICAL BUSINESS MEETING
...................................... 4I
NTRODUCTIONS
........................................................................................................... 4R
EVIEWING
P
AST
B
USINESS
.......................................................................................... 4B
EGINNING THE
M
EETING
............................................................................................. 4D
ISCUSSING
I
TEMS
....................................................................................................... 4F
INISHING THE
M
EETING
.............................................................................................. 4P
ARTICIPATING IN A
M
EETING
.......................................................................................... 5G
ETTING THE
C
HAIRPERSON
'
S
A
TTENTION
.................................................................... 5G
IVING
O
PINIONS
......................................................................................................... 5A
SKING FOR
O
PINIONS
.................................................................................................. 5C
OMMENTING
.............................................................................................................. 5A
GREEING
.................................................................................................................... 5D
ISAGREEING
............................................................................................................... 5A
DVISING AND
S
UGGESTING
......................................................................................... 6C
LARIFYING
................................................................................................................. 6R
EQUESTING
I
NFORMATION
.......................................................................................... 6A
SKING FOR
R
EPETITION
.............................................................................................. 6A
SKING FOR
C
LARIFICATION
......................................................................................... 6A
SKING FOR
V
ERIFICATION
........................................................................................... 6A
SKING FOR
S
PELLING
.................................................................................................. 7A
SKING FOR
C
ONTRIBUTIONS
....................................................................................... 7C
ORRECTING
I
NFORMATION
.......................................................................................... 7K
EEPING THE
M
EETING ON
T
ARGET
(
TIME
,
RELEVANCE
,
DECISIONS
) .............................. 7R
UNNING A
M
EETING
....................................................................................................... 8O
PENING
...................................................................................................................... 8W
ELCOMING AND
I
NTRODUCING
................................................................................... 8S
TATING THE
P
RINCIPAL
O
BJECTIVES
............................................................................ 8G
IVING
A
POLOGIES FOR
S
OMEONE
W
HO IS
A
BSENT
...................................................... 8R
EADING THE
M
INUTES
(
NOTES
)
OF THE
L
AST
M
EETING
................................................ 8D
EALING WITH
R
ECENT
D
EVELOPMENTS
....................................................................... 8M
OVING
F
ORWARD
...................................................................................................... 8I
NTRODUCING THE
A
GENDA
.......................................................................................... 9A
LLOCATING
R
OLES
(
SECRETARY
,
PARTICIPANTS
)......................................................... 9A
GREEING ON THE
G
ROUND
R
ULES FOR THE
M
EETING
(
CONTRIBUTIONS
,
TIMING
,
DECISION
-
MAKING
,
ETC
.) .............................................................................................................. 9
 
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NTRODUCING THE
F
IRST
I
TEM ON THE
A
GENDA
............................................................ 9C
LOSING AN
I
TEM
......................................................................................................... 9N
EXT
I
TEM
................................................................................................................... 9G
IVING
C
ONTROL TO THE
N
EXT
P
ARTICIPANT
............................................................. 10S
UMMARIZING
............................................................................................................ 10F
INISHING
U
P
............................................................................................................. 10S
UGGESTING AND
A
GREEING ON
T
IME
,D
ATE AND
P
LACE FOR THE
N
EXT
M
EETING
...... 10T
HANKING
P
ARTICIPANTS FOR
A
TTENDING
................................................................. 10C
LOSING THE
M
EETING
.............................................................................................. 10C
RUTCH
W
ORDS
............................................................................................................ 11D
ON
’
T
F
EAR THE
S
ILENCE
.......................................................................................... 11H
OW TO
C
OMBAT THE
C
RUTCH
................................................................................... 11B
ONUS
T
IP
-J
OIN
T
OASTMASTERS
............................................................................... 12AB
USINESS
M
EETING IN
E
NGLISH
.................................................................................. 13I
NTRODUCTIONS
......................................................................................................... 13R
EVIEWING
P
AST
B
USINESS
........................................................................................ 13B
EGINNING THE
M
EETING
........................................................................................... 13F
INISHING THE
M
EETING
............................................................................................ 14V
OCABULARY
................................................................................................................ 16

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