Business talks: ads, reports and meetings

Understand short business talks such as advertisements, news reports and meeting excerpts, and answer TOEIC Part 4 questions about the purpose, the speaker and audience, key details and what happens next.

Level B2 25 min5 exercisesLesson 9 of 12 in Listening B2

Trains: TOEIC Listening Part 4 – Talks

What you'll learn

Identify the purpose of a talk and the speaker or audience from the first few sentences
Recognise the typical structure of advertisements, business news reports and meeting excerpts
Catch requests and next steps near the end of a talk
Answer TOEIC Part 4 questions on purpose, speaker, detail and next action

Lesson content

10 steps · 5 exercises · 25 min total

1. Warm-up2 questions
2. LearnThe skill and the strategy
3. ModelSee how it's done
4. Practice 1Talk 1 (TOEIC Part 4: news report)
5. Practice 2Talk 2 (TOEIC Part 4: meeting excerpt)
6. Practice 3Talk 3 (TOEIC Part 4: advertisement)
7. Practice 4Next actions
8. Exam tips3 tips
9. Key vocabulary12 words
10. SummaryReview and finish

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