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In this first episode of Business Language To Go: Job Interviews.

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Transcript: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/webcast/scripts/business_lg_to_go/bltg_01.pdf

Carmela This series is all about chunks of language - now, forget about dictionaries and grammar books. You don’t have the time for that! You want short cuts to quick, fluent and natural-sounding English. I’ll be joined each week in the studio by business English expert David Evans. So David, why are chunks of language seen as the way forward?

David Well, I think the basic idea is that that’s the way that native speakers learn the language, so why shouldn’t non-native speakers do the same thing?

Carmella: But traditionally, non-native speakers have learnt pieces of grammar, they’ve learnt the rules about grammar and individual words.

David: Yes, and obviously there’s nothing wrong with that learning a language “word by word” or - rule - by rule; is an effective way of doing it. The trouble is that in the business world you need to be able to communicate quickly and under pressure -and it can often be hard to find that grammar rule or find that word if you’ve been learning the language in that way.

Carmela And, of course, the business world is full of these chunks, can you give some examples?

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