{"id":7768,"date":"2018-02-03T08:34:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T07:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=7768"},"modified":"2025-03-25T12:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:25:56","slug":"conversation-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2018\/02\/conversation-colleagues\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversation with Colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>B1 \u2013 Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business is all about good communication. While communicating with customers is important, internal communication must be given attention, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Communicating effectively with your colleagues minimizes misunderstandings and increases work efficiency. Active communication also produces healthy working relationships. This, in turn, creates a more pleasant and less stressful work environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video about a conversation with a colleague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"English conversation at work | Learn English\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvOC9owdeP8?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Is it easy to communicate with your colleagues? Why or why not?<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do you often talk about with your colleagues?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are ways to communicate effectively with colleagues?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk about a situation when you had a miscommunication with your colleagues. How was the problem resolved?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What can be done to avoid miscommunication at work?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 \u2013 Intermediate Business is all about good communication. While communicating with customers is important, internal communication must be given attention, too. Communicating effectively with your colleagues minimizes misunderstandings and increases work efficiency. Active communication also produces healthy working relationships. This, in turn, creates a more pleasant and less stressful work environment. 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