Language Zoo: Conversational Moves
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Movie Scenes for Roleplay
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Lexical Phrase Resources
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Do-It-Yourself English Teaching Activities
Language Discovery and Exploration Tools for English Teachers,
Translators, and Writers

by Jon Fernquest


Business Language Page
The Language Zoo (Conversational Moves)

Burma-Yunnan-Bay of Bengal (c. 1350-1600) Weblog (Burmese History)
Reading the Bangkok Post - Business News
Infernal Mon Paradigm machine Weblog(Burmese History)
Jon Fernquest

Activity Description
Scheduling Business Meetings (Business Activity)
Making and canceling appointments, suggesting times, inviting, accepting and declining invitations, politely declining invitations, apologizing, inquiring whether invitation is accepted or declined, inquiring about and expressing preference, expressing regret.
Business Problems (Business Activity)
Asking and offering advice, asking for and offering suggestions
Corporate Organization (Business Activity)
Describing what someone does in their job including responsibilities and why the job is important.
Acquisitions Fever (Business Activity)
Stating reservations, making predictions, giving advice
Putting Your Foot in Your Mouth (Business Activity)
Politely Rephrasing
Requesting Information Over the Phone
Requesting information over the phone