Work and money English for the professional world
Work and money English covers the situations where getting the language right has real stakes: meetings, emails, interviews, salaries, and budgets. The register is more formal, and the set phrases are worth acquiring precisely.
Comprehensible input prepares you for this better than scripted business courses, because real workplace clips show how people actually soften, negotiate, and disagree politely — the nuance that templates miss.
Money vocabulary rewards careful listening: numbers, percentages, costs, and conditions move quickly in natural speech. Training your ear on real figures pays off in any negotiation or financial conversation.
Notice professional politeness and indirectness: “I was wondering if…”, “we might want to revisit…”. These hedges are how fluent speakers stay diplomatic, and they transfer across almost every work situation.
When general work English feels comfortable, move into your specific field — finance, sales, engineering — where the same professional register now carries your industry’s vocabulary.
Watch comprehensible input videosStudy tips
- Collect three professional phrases per clip you could use in a meeting.
- Train your ear on numbers, prices, and percentages.
- Note one polite, indirect phrase and where you'd use it.