Comments on: Lower Intermediate Lesson #5 - Opening a Conversation: Part 2 http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/ Learn English with Free Podcasts! Whether you are student or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at EnglishClass101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:58:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Chihiro http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/#comment-7675 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:59:07 +0000 http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/#comment-7675 I would say be safe and be polite. Then see what the office environment is like :) I would say be safe and be polite. Then see what the office environment is like :)

]]> by: Salivia Baker http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/#comment-7651 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:53:23 +0000 http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/#comment-7651 Would it be okay to be polite with the boss when in doubt? Or would it sound strange? Would it be okay to be polite with the boss when in doubt? Or would it sound strange?

]]> by: Chihiro http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/#comment-7649 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:28:04 +0000 http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/#comment-7649 Hi Salivia, Good point. It really depends on your relationship with the boss. Many work places may have a very casual approach to communication. Others may be more conservative. You may find fomal language in addresses to large groups of people. You might also hear it in business talk between people who are not familiar with one another. Hi Salivia,

Good point.
It really depends on your relationship with the boss. Many work places may have a very casual approach to communication. Others may be more conservative.
You may find fomal language in addresses to large groups of people. You might also hear it in business talk between people who are not familiar with one another.

]]> by: Salivia Baker http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/#comment-7640 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:56:42 +0000 http://www.englishclass101.com/2010/02/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-5-opening-a-conversation-2/#comment-7640 I am confused. This is a semi-polite conversation, but it is a conversation with your boss. Shouldn't it be polite then? And if a conversation with the boss isn't polite, which kind of conversation is? I am confused.
This is a semi-polite conversation, but it is a conversation with your boss. Shouldn’t it be polite then?
And if a conversation with the boss isn’t polite, which kind of conversation is?

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