Learn how to use business English to socialize and network with colleagues in this free online business English course.

This business English course provides social and office skills you can use to succeed in the workplace. We explain how to navigate an office environment and go over common office jargon. We then show you how to properly welcome visitors and offer them directions and hospitality. The course goes over telephone etiquette to round out your office administration skills. We then teach you common English conversational terms used to engage in casual small talk and office conversations. We go over important grammar and discuss how to use adverbs, phrases and question tags to encourage further discussion. This English course demonstrates how to conduct business-related conversations or meetings using collocations, future phrases and infinitives.

We then show you how to entertain visiting out-of-town associates by providing them with information useful to tourists and talking about where you live. We provide you with social skills and demonstrate how to make recommendations and invitations using descriptive phrases and how to accept or decline invitations using polite language. The course then discusses what to consider when socializing and dining out with colleagues. We explain how to choose an appropriate restaurant, make recommendations and order meals from the menu. We show you how to pick topics of conversation while dining out and provide multiple useful phrases you can use at the end of the evening.

Our final topic lays out the benefits of attending various business networking events to meet colleagues and build relationships that advance your career. We provide effective networking skills such as introducing and conducting yourself professionally. We explain how to engage in brief, compelling conversations and follow up with newly acquainted business associates via personal phone calls or formal business emails. These social and communication skills offer you an opportunity to build a professional network with your newfound business English abilities. Sign up to learn how to speak to your colleagues in English.