How to talk about PERFORMANCE at work - Business English lesson (Ep.59)

How to talk about PERFORMANCE at work - Business English lesson (Ep.59)

Author: Chris - Breakout Business English December 18, 2025 Duration: 26:17
Send us Fan Mail Speaking about performance at work with your colleagues and managers can be hard and if you speak English as a second language then I'm here to help! In today's podcast we hear informal and formal vocabulary that we can use to talk about performance at work. We'll hear the grammar structures that you need to use this new vocabulary correctly and we'll hear some great, natural and native sounding examples of how you can talk about performance, at work, in English. If you speak...

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