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This book, written by an author who has been a simultaneous interpreter for over 30 years, teaches useful English speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills for business.
The author states that, based on his experience, 90% of the English actually used in business situations does not go beyond the scope of 'everyday English conversation,' and advises on how to dramatically improve your English skills in a short period of time.
This is a training method that goes in the order of speaking → listening → reading → writing, and this book is structured so that you can study business English in this order.
Through this book, you will be able to learn 'truly practical business English.'

The first important thing in 'English that no one misunderstands' is using 'simple English'.
Most people will think of what they want to say in Korean sentences in their head before speaking in English.
At this time, it is easy to think of difficult Korean sentences.
However, if you try to translate difficult Korean sentences directly into English, you end up with complex sentences using difficult words, grammar, and expressions.
If the other person is not a native speaker, they may not understand difficult expressions, and there is a greater chance that they will not be able to translate them into English in the first place.
This is where a technique called down-translating, used by interpreters, comes into play.
--- From "Homeroom ② _ 'Words and Grammar Anyone Can Understand', Not 'Words and Grammar of Native Speakers'"

In business, the three things that are more important than in everyday conversation are ‘who’, ‘what to whom/what’, and ‘how to do it’.
In everyday conversation, even if there are some mistakes in these three things, it is not really a big problem.
But in business English, the situation changes 180 degrees depending on whether it is 'your company' or 'our company' that is paying the money.
When expressing 'who', 'to whom / what', and 'how' in English, three forms are used.
Therefore, in business English, you need to be able to use the three-form sentences even more effectively.
--- From "Business English Speaking_Creating Sentences Based on the '3 Formats'"

'Listening without listening' refers to 'the method of listening by paying attention only to important words or expressions.'
As I mentioned before, we tend to 'over-listen to English' because we are influenced by the listening style we learned in school.
'Pay attention only to important words or expressions' means, conversely, 'Ignore unimportant parts'.
In fact, even interpreters like me don't try to listen to everything the other person says.
Pick out only the important parts and take notes.
--- From "Business English Listening - Techniques used by interpreters to hear only the 'important information'"

When practicing listening, you may listen to YouTube or news audio. One thing to keep in mind is that CNN, a representative news channel in the US, speaks English at 1.2 times the standard speed.
So, when using English news as a listening practice material, you should keep in mind that it is faster than the standard speed.
If you can properly understand the English spoken on the news, you will be able to handle conversational listening as well.
Conversely, if you feel that the news English is too fast, try practicing listening through everyday conversations.
--- From "Business English Listening_Listening to 'Native English' and 'Non-Native English'"

When reading business English, it is most important not to do a full translation.
Among Koreans, there are many who translate every single sentence without leaving out a single word, as if they were solving a test question.
I call this 'translation'.
In business English, not everything needs to be translated.
The important thing is to be clear about the conclusion.
The goal is not to translate the entire thing.
First of all, let's keep these points in mind.

--- From "Business English Reading_The Importance of Reading"

English emails are composed of seven items: 'email address', 'subject', 'recipient', 'body', 'attachment', 'concluding remarks', and 'signature', as shown in the picture on the right.
I will explain in detail in order.
First, when entering the other person's email address, be careful not to make any typos in the email address.
There are surprisingly many cases where people send emails by mistake and don't even realize they were returned, and then later on, problems arise.
I often make the mistake of not clicking the send button and only saving it as a draft without actually sending it.
To prevent this from happening, check your 'Sent Mail' folder to see if the email you sent is there, and also check if the email has not been returned.
Sometimes returned emails end up in your spam folder, so you should check that too.
It's a very basic thing, but let's check it out just in case there's a mistake.
--- From "Business English Writing_How to Write an Email"

In this chapter, I'll introduce a selection of idioms and polite expressions useful in business, based on my experience as a simultaneous interpreter.
In fact, in business English, you don't need to memorize and know so many idioms and polite expressions.
Knowing only the minimum necessary idioms and polite expressions is sufficient.
Rather, in business settings, you should avoid using too many idioms.
This is because the other person is often a non-native speaker.

--- From "Useful Business Expressions_Overview"