Follow our structured curriculum at each level, or choose the classes you’d like to take for complete flexibility.
Prepare to succeed professionally with courses designed to teach you everything you need to know for the international job market.
Why take a Business English course with Lingoda?
Build your confidence and learn to express yourself easily through conversation, light debate and role-playing.
You’ll be surrounded by the language and encouraged to speak in classes that have a maximum of only 5 students.
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Learn about our Business English levels
Each course is divided into specific learning levels. We teach up to B2 in Business English.
Don’t know your level?
Take our placement test- A1A1ABSOLUTE BEGINNER
Basic words and phrases
A2 A2BEGINNERSimple interactions
- B1B1INTERMEDIATE
Everyday conversation
- B2B2UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
Complex topics
- C1C1ADVANCED*
Proficient language use
*Not available for Business English
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A Business English course can give you an advantage and improve your credibility in the international job market. It will provide more targeted practice opportunities for workplace situations than a regular English course.
In our Business English classes, you will learn how to handle interviews, negotiate, and express yourself confidently in all workplace situations. You will role-play different scenarios, learn specific terminology for the business world and improve your conversation skills for networking and business travel.
Sample some Business English lessons
Identify and use typical expressions to make, change, and confirm appointments.
Discuss and learn phrases for dealing with tricky questions in a meeting.
Can accurately use advanced phrases to manage conflict in a range of scenarios.
Learn to discuss work projects and schedules and write progress reports.
Meet some of our Business English language teachers
Our teachers come from all over the world, bringing a range of cultures, accents and experiences for you to learn from.
Dani
- Where I am from: Chicago, USA
- Languages I teach: English
- Languages I speak: English
Naomi
- Where I am from: Cape Town, South Africa
- Languages I teach: English
- Languages I speak: English
Bea
- Where I am from: London, UK
- Languages I teach: English
- Languages I speak: English
John
- Where I am from: Plymouth, USA
- Languages I teach: English
- Languages I speak: English and Spanish
Haitham
- Where I am from: Milwaukee, USA
- Languages I teach: English
- Languages I speak: English
What learning with Lingoda looks like
Peek inside a class, discover how to book a lesson and what extra studying opportunities there are for you.
English or Business English. What’s the difference?
English
- Learn vocab for daily conversation
- Develop language skills for travelling
- Expand vocab across a range of topics
Business English
- Converse effectively with clients
- Gain confidence with task-based study
- Learn industry-specific vocabulary
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Frequently asked questions
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As a Lingoda student, you can download the class materials for free and use them at any time. After your class, you will also find a quiz to help you refresh and practice your new skills. There are also downloadable exercises available. All materials are uniquely created by Lingoda experts to align with CEFR standards. If you want to learn more about CEFR, read more here.
After scheduling a class on our platform, you will be able to join the class with 2-4 fellow students from around the world. The teacher will introduce themselves and begin teaching the lesson using learning materials that you can download at the end of class. You will be able to interact with the teacher and other students, but there is no pressure to do so. Towards the end of class, the teacher will recap the lesson and ensure everybody has understood the lesson. Both group and private classes are very effective with Lingoda, but it depends on your personal preferences what you’d like to do.
No, we are not a language learning app. We are an online language school. And like any school, we offer live classes with certified, native-speaking teachers. At Lingoda, we believe that nothing can replace live interaction and customised feedback from a real person.
Preparing to learn English online with us is simple. You need three things: a stable internet connection, a computer and the free video conferencing tool Zoom.
It depends. As is the case when learning any new skill, your progress depends on your efforts. If you would like to learn English online quickly, then we suggest that you make language learning a consistent habit. Also focus and participate in class and complete the downloadable materials at the end of each class for best results. It also depends on which of Lingoda’s online English language courses you choose, as some of our plans are more intensive than others.
Yes. With our Business English course, you will learn all important aspects of the language including grammar, sentence structure and pronunciation. The only difference is that the vocabulary and topics in our Business courses are specifically designed to help you succeed in your career.
Yes, it will. If you use English in any aspect of your work, you will be able to speak it more confidently by the end of your course. You will be able to improve your networking, presentation, negotiation and interview skills as well as your writing skills. You’ll also learn how to write job application letters and resumes perfectly.
Is English important for business?
Yes, it is. As English is the official language of the business world, it’s essential to have a good understanding of English to communicate effectively. Taking a Business English course online with Lingoda will improve your English and teach you specific terminology used in a workplace environment.
What is the difference between English and Business English?
The difference between the two is that while a general English course covers a wide variety of topics, some relating to the workplace, Business English classes have a specific focus on content related to the professional world. In Business English lessons, you will learn phrases and terminology to use in the workplace. You will also learn how to prepare and perform in an interview, negotiate a contract, deal with meetings, criticism, feedback, schedule or cancel appointments, and network in a business environment. What you will learn in a Business English class is more specific to a work environment and will help you advance in a competitive market.
Is Business English hard to learn?
It’s usually not harder than English overall — it’s more specific. The challenge is getting comfortable with workplace patterns (meetings, feedback, negotiating, polite phrasing). Lingoda makes this easier by using conversation, light debate, and role-play from day 1 in a small-class setting.
What do the Lingoda Business English lessons involve?
Our business English course features language and situations taken from real meetings, at some of the most successful companies in the world. It is tailor-made with dedicated sections for topics such as negotiating skills, business correspondence and intercultural communication. Anyone who has ever worked in a company knows these are a big deal!
In all of our lessons we have a theory section followed by many activities to help you get confident speaking Business English. You will use your new Business English skills in a meaningful context, just as if you were working in a real company. What’s more, you can download our learning materials, even if you haven’t signed up. Perfect if you want to prepare for your class, or revise afterwards.
Why take a Business English course?
Because general English doesn’t give you enough repetition for the moments that matter at work — interviews, meetings, negotiation, networking, and business travel. A Business English course targets those scenarios so you build credibility and confidence in professional conversations faster.
What skills will I learn in a Business English course?
You’ll build practical workplace skills like:
1. Interviewing and networking confidently
2. Negotiating and handling conflict
3. Speaking up in meetings and answering tough questions
4. Business vocabulary + professional phrasing
5. Business correspondence and intercultural communication
What is an example of Business English?
Business English is the language you use to sound clear, polite, and professional—especially when the stakes are high. Examples include phrases like:
1. “Could you clarify what you mean by…?”
2. Let’s align on next steps and deadlines.”
3. “I’d like to propose an alternative approach.”
In class, you practice these inside realistic scenarios (not just memorizing lines).
What topics are covered in Business English?
Lingoda’s Business English lessons focus on real workplace situations — like scheduling and time management, meeting language, negotiation, teamwork, and handling feedback — plus broader career topics like interviews and professional communication. You can also follow the structured curriculum by level (up to B2) or pick the classes you want.