Business English by Shaw English

About this course

Strong Business English can open doors: clearer meetings, smoother negotiations, better client relationships, and more confidence when speaking with international colleagues. This free online course helps you build practical communication skills for real workplace situations, whether you are starting a new role, preparing for interviews, or simply want to sound more professional in English.

You will learn how to introduce yourself and your job in a way that sounds natural and credible, choose appropriate formal titles, and handle sensitive workplace topics with the right tone. The lessons focus on useful language you can apply immediately, from discussing prices and asking the right questions in business contexts to navigating common conversations about travel, hotels, and schedules when hosting or meeting visitors.

To help you sound fluent and socially aware, the course also strengthens your small talk skills, including safe ways to discuss the weather, current events, and casual check-ins like how business is going. Beyond everyday conversations, you will practice expressing opinions politely, disagreeing without creating tension, and working toward compromise in discussions, so you can participate more confidently in meetings and negotiations.

You will also improve your understanding of business vocabulary and common workplace expressions, including the language used around employment changes and performance perceptions. In addition, the course introduces useful terms for describing financial situations and business structures, plus verbs and adjectives often used to talk about market and performance movement, helping you follow professional discussions more easily.

With short video lessons and quick exercises, you can study at your own pace and reinforce what you learn right away. By the end, you should feel more prepared to communicate clearly, politely, and effectively in professional English across a variety of common business scenarios.