Business English Essentials with Higher English

What Colour Sounds Like — The Language Room, Episode 2.
Colour words in English carry far more than their dictionarymeaning. In this episode we explore ten iconic songs — from Elvis Presley toJimi Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac — and ask what the colour in each title is really telling us.

This episode is part of The Language Room — a free monthlyvideo series for curious English learners, available on Substack.
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That's the question two colleagues are trying to answer in this week's Higher English lesson.
Rather than simply studying a list of vocabulary, you'll hear a realistic workplace conversation about social media marketing and the language professionals use when discussing campaigns and results.
A practical way to develop your Business English through realistic workplace communication.

How do you talk about quantities and results naturally in English?
It's not always as straightforward as it looks.
When you're discussing things like performance, activity and results, the language you use depends on what exactly you're talking about.
This week's Higher English lesson explores that problem through social media marketing, giving you practical language you can use when discussing results at work.

Knowing the vocabulary doesn't necessarily mean you can use it naturally.
One of the secrets of fluent English is knowing which words naturally belong together.
That's where collocations come in.
This week's Higher English lesson focuses on useful collocations for talking about social media marketing, giving you practical language you can use in professional conversations.

Why can you know the words but still not understand what someone means?
Phrasal verbs are often part of the problem.
They're a huge part of everyday spoken English, including the English you hear at work — but they're not always as easy to understand or use as they look.
In this Higher English lesson, we take a practical look at phrasal verbs and how you can use them more naturally in a business context.
No endless vocabulary lists. Just useful English you can take into your next conversation.