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Thank you for coming to meet us Nana! It was really lovely meeting you. If you have any questions about the notes or anything, please just ask us. 🙂

Jesse & Judy

• make sure pronunciation is ok
• more practice
• review prepositions
• Introduce nuances in speech

My name is Nana, I’m 28 yo and I am working in a Korean company as an assistant manager because I really like English when I was a student but now I think my business English is not well, So I want to develop my speaking English.  And if I can I want use it in my career .we make the chips sell for samsung.
And our customs also in China.
Shopping, for shoes and accessories, all about shopping.
Online, offline seldom.

Actually I want to go some country can use English. If I have the opportunity but I think my English now not well.
Maybe we have some emails or meeting minutes on English but seldom use the speaking English.
Maybe ok but I always check on the online the translate. because I don’t believe myself.

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My name is Nana, I’m 28 yo and I am working in a Korean company as an assistant manager.  I really liked English when I was a student but now I think my business English(level) is not good/I can’t speak English well for business/in a business situation/setting. I want to develop/improve my spoken/oral English.  And if I can I want use it in my career .
we make chips and sell to Samsung.
And our customers are also in China.
I like shopping, for shoes and accessories, I am all about shopping.
Mostly online, offline seldom.

Actually I want to go to a company which/that uses English as the working language. If I have the opportunity but I think my English now is not good enough.
Maybe we have some emails or meeting minutes in English but I seldom use oral English.
Writing emails is ok but I always check online the translation because I don’t believe in myself/ because I am not confident enough.

• greeting (Good morning, Dear, Hi…)
• a compliment or pleasantry  (your presentation was very interesting , I hope you had a great weekend, I hope this email finds you well)
• the reason for your email ( I am writing to you to ask you about……/ I am sending you this email to ….)
• a call to action (Could you please……/would you mind…..)
• a closing message ( thank you in advance / I am looking forward to hearing from you….)
• signature (best regards, ….)

write an email to Ken to tell him the meeting with John is postponed to next week. And ask him to confirm.

Dear Ken,
I hope this email finds you well.
I am sending this email to you to tell you the meeting with John is postponed to next week.
If you don’t mind I will put the meeting in the schedule once/after you confirm it.
If you have any questions feel free to reply to me.
Thank you.

Best regards,

Nana

Vocabulary

compliment: saying something nice to someone
John told me a compliment this morning. He said I looked really good.

to improve: to make better
I want to improve my oral English.

to translate : to change to another language
I used Baidu translate to translate the email in English.

confidence : ability to believe in yourself
I don’t have enough confidence to speak in English.

semi conductor : stuff used in electronics
We are a semi conductor company we produce some of the components used in smartphones.

domestic: at home
I have a domestic flight from BJ to SH.
Domestic violence is a problem in the country side
The US wants to increase taxes on Chinese products to make domestic products more attractive.

prepositions: in/on/at/…….

working language
XYZ is located in Shanghai but uses English as their working language.

industry : field
I work in the semi conductor industry.

memory chips: electronic parts that enable you to keep data.
I need to replace the memory chip in my computer.

customs : luggage check in the airport when you go to another country
I didn’t declare anything at the customs.

customers : people who buy your products/services
Most of our customers are in Shenzhen.

to be all about something : it is a big part of your life:
I am all about traveling, I try to go to many places every year.

Pronunciation

career – ka REER

Korea – kor REE ya

customs – KUS tumz

customer – KUS tum mer

Grammar

use well after a verb:
I can cook well
John doesn’t sing very well.

Use good in other situations:
My English level is not good.
I am not in good health recently.

my English is not good = my English is bad
My English is not good enough = I can speak English but I am not perfect

not enough to express a lack.
I don’t have enough money to buy a plane.
I am not rich enough to buy a plane.

prepositions:

In (very big)

On (more precise)

At (even more precise)

Time:
In: year/season/month/week/morning/afternoon
In 1999
In summer
In January
In the coming week

On: date/ event
On May 25
On Christmas

At: specific time
At 5pm

Location
In: continent / country/city/ province/ district
In asia, In China, In Shanghai, In Zhejiang, In Xuhui.

On: road
On Nanjing road

At: exact address
I live at 24 Nanjing road.

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